Chemicals


We stock a wide variety of chemicals that are used in industrial manufacturing, food preparations and fertilizer production.

  • Urea - With its high nitrogen content and low price, it is a major agricultural fertilizer and animal-feed ingredient. It is also used to make urea-formaldehyde plastics, to synthesize barbiturates, as a stabilizer in explosives, and in adhesives, hydrocarbon processing, and flameproofing.
  • Solvent Naphtha - used as a solvent, paint thinner and in dry cleaning.
  • Ethylene - It is used in making polyethylene and saran, in the manufacture of ethanol and ethylene oxide, and as an anesthetic.
  • Sodium Hydroxide - The major use of sodium hydroxide is as a chemical and in the manufacture of other chemicals; because it is inexpensive, it is widely used wherever a strong base is needed. It is also used in producing rayon and other textiles, in making paper, in etching aluminum, in making soaps and detergents, and in a wide variety of other uses.
  • Sodium Carbonate - The principal uses of sodium carbonate are in the manufacturer of glass, processing paper wood pulp to make paper and in making soaps as a cleansing agent.
  • Aluminum Sulfate - used in papermaking, water purification, and tanning, and as a mordant in dyeing.