pounds from 1972 to 1985 but will lose market position, 14% down to 11% of total fiber output. Synthetic fibers production will grow from 14.5 billion pounds in 1972 to 37 billion pounds in 1985 and will gain in share of the total fiber market, going from 28% in 1972 to 47% in 1985. Among synthetic fibers, polyesters will grow fastest, gaining in share of total world production at the expense of nylons. U.S. production of the various synthetic fibers will increase substantially, Mr. Greene forecasts, but U.S. share of the total will decline as eastern Europe in particular builds production rapidly from a small base. Changes coming in synthetic fibers include increased production in foreign countries by U.S. companies, increasing sophisticated marketing by foreign producers, more downstream integration, and various kinds of product innovation. Product innovation viewed by Mr. Greene will include further combinations of two types of one generic fiber and of two generic fibers, more development of the "silklike" nylons and high-modulus nylons, and fiber spinning technology applied to inorganic materials such as steel, aluminum, graphite, and ceramics. Mr. Greene points out that it is during the next decade that the U.S. textile industry will give up its traditional domestic market thinking and take its place with other multinational industries. Foreign fiber firms, he points out, have by character been more aggressive in their pursuit of international markets. Their U.S. counterparts were lulled into near complacency by the enormous consumptive capacity of their domestic markets. But severely eroding fiber prices and two sharp recessions have now jolted U.S. fiber firms into a deep reappraisal.
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Methane Ethane Propane Isobutane Normal Butane 2,2-Dimethylpropane Isopentane
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99% 95% Pentene-2
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4-Methylpentene-l cis-4-Methylpentene-2 trans-4-Methylpentene-2 4-Methylpentene-2 2-Methylpentene-l 2-Methylpentene-2
Normal Pentane
Hexene-1
2,2-Dimethylbutane*
cis-Hexene-2
2,3-Dimethylbutane*
Hexene-2
2-Methylpentane*
mixed Hexenes-2and 3
3-Methylpentane
Heptene-1
Normal Hexane*
cis-Heptene-2
2,4-Dimethylpentane
Heptene-2
Normal Heptane* 3-Methylhexane 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane 2,3,4-Trimethylpentane
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Heptene-3 2,4,4-Trimethylpentene-l 2,4,4-Trimethylpentene-2 Octene-1
Trimethylpentanes
cis-0ctene-2
Dimethylhexanes
Octene-2
Normal Octane
mixed Normal Octenes
2,2,5-Trimethylhexane
Nonene-1
Normal Nonane
Decenel
Normal Decane
Undecene-1
Normal Undecane
Dodecene-1
Normal Dodecane
Tridecene-1
Normal Tridecane
CYCLOOLEFINS
Normal Tetradecane
Cyclopentene
Normal Pentadecane
Cyclohexene 1-Methylcyclohexene-l
CYCLOPARAFFINS
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mixed Methylcyclohexenes
Cyclopentane*
4-Vinylcyclohexene-l
Methylcyclopentane* Cyclohexane*
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99.5
98
Cyclooctadiene-1,5 DIOLEFINS
Methylcyclohexane*
Butadiene 1,3
cis-1,2-
2-Methylbutadiene-l,3
Dimethylcyclohexane
Pentadiene-1,3
trans-1,2-
AROMATICS
Dimethylcyclohexane mixed-1,2-
Benzene
Dimethylcyclohexanes
Toluene
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Ethylbenzene
Ethylcyclohexane
ortho-Xylene
Isopropylcyclohexane
para-Xylene
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Isobutylene Butene-1
meta-Xylene
99.8
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trans-Butene-2
Butene-2 2-Methylbutene-l
n-Propylbenzene Isobutylbenzene sec-Butylbenzene
cis-Butene-2
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1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Isopropylbenzene
tert-Butylbenzene
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n-Butylbenzene l-Phenylbutene-2
3-Methylbutene-l
sec-Amylbenzene
2-Methylbutene-2
mixed Amylbenzenes
Pentene-1 cis-Pentene-2 trans-Pentene-2
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