Muscat chemical is one of the leading Ethylene dichloride (EDC) manufacturers and suppliers in Muscat Oman. We are supplied into various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, Agriculture, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.
The chemical compound 1,2-dichloroethane, commonly known as ethylene dichloride (EDC), is a chlorinated hydrocarbon. It is a colorless liquid with a chloroform-like odor. The most common use of 1,2-dichloroethane is in the production of vinyl chloride, which is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, furniture, and automobile upholstery, wall coverings, housewares, and automobile parts. 1,2-Dichloroethane is also used generally as an intermediate for other organic chemical compounds and as a solvent. It forms azeotropes with many other solvents, including water (at a boiling point of 70.5 °C or 158.9 °F or 343.6 K) and other chlorocarbons.
ethylene dichloride (EDC) Uses
Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production
Approximately 95% of the world’s production of 1,2-dichloroethane is used in the production of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM, chloroethene) with hydrogen chloride as a byproduct. VCM is the precursor to polyvinyl chloride.
Cl−CH2−CH2−Cl → H2C=CH−Cl + HCl
The hydrogen chloride can be re-used in the production of more 1,2-dichloroethane via the oxychlorination route described above.
ethylene dichloride (EDC) Other uses
1,2-Dichloroethane has been used as a degreaser and paint remover but is now banned from use due to its toxicity and possible carcinogenity. As a useful ‘building block’ reagent, it is used as an intermediate in the production of diverse organic compounds such as ethylenediamine. In the laboratory, it is occasionally used as a source of chlorine, with the elimination of ethene and chloride.
Via several steps, 1,2-dichloroethane is a precursor to 1,1,1-trichloroethane, which is used in dry cleaning. Historically, 1,2-dichloroethane was used as an anti-knock additive in leaded fuels to scavenge lead from cylinders and valves preventing buildup.
Ethylene dichloride (EDC) By Application:
Industrial
Consumer Goods
Other
Ethylene dichloride (EDC) By Type:
Direct Chlorination
Oxychlorination
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