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Sources of Chemical End-Use Data RICHARD F. WARREN

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Market Research Section, New Product Development Department, American Cyanamid Co., New York, N. Y.

Quantitative data on the end uses of about 200 chemicals have been published in recent years. Discussions have varied from single sentences to full scale reports. This discussion shows where published data has appeared in the past and where it is likely to be found in the future.

In the past few years, uses for almost 200 chemicals have been discussed i n the various standard publications. These discussions have ranged from small paragraphs to full scale reports. I n general, data on uses of a specific chemical are not as widely discussed on a quantitative basis as are production data of individual products. Before W o r l d W a r I I , very little information on quantities of major chemicals consumed i n various markets was available i n published form. T o set up its allocation program during the last war, the U . S. Government collected a great deal of information on the chemical requirements of various industries. A t the end of the war a sizable amount of this material was published. Unfortunately, this snapshot of industry's chemical requirements was sometimes distorted b y the war. H o w ever, i t did a great deal to stimulate publication of chemical consumption data. Then too, the chemical market researcher was coming into his own at the war's end— and several magazines i n the chemical process industries responded to the requests for more detailed statistics flowing into their offices. They published articles that gave data on the commercial interrelationship of chemicals and their ultimate markets.

Publications For many years the Bureau of Mines has published very detailed statistics on nonmetallic minerals (7, 8), but i t relied i n part on data published i n Chemical and Engineering News, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Chemical Week's parent, Chemical Industries, as well as a number of papers appearing i n publi cations on related process industries. H a r r y Stenerson's " M a r k e t s " page i n Chemical and Engineering News became a spot to watch for odd numbers that might help fill i n missing information which could complete an end-use pattern. Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering has done its part i n developing data on chemi cal uses. Their pioneer work, i n 1937 and 1939, was the result of Henry Batter's follow ing, for many years, the status of chemicals and their markets. D a t a were published in " Chemical Facts & Figures" issues, which were followed b y an annual statistical re view i n Chemical Engineering, published every February. I n 1948 John Skeen contributed a number of statistical reviews of individual com modities to Chemical and Engineering News. These reviews gave a complete supplydemand-price story of the chemical for several years and included considerable informa tion that had not been published previously. About the same time Chemical Engineering began its ' Commodity Survey" series that covered 36 chemicals. This series was designed to show for a single chemical, 1

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LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.

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Table I.

Sources of Statistics on Consumption of Chemicals'

1


Chemical

Publication

Page

Date 303 2806 130

Acetic anhydride

Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Eng. News Food Eng.

8-49 9-26-49 4-51

Acetic acid

Chem. Eng. Chem. Inds.

2-48 8-48

312 217

Acetone

Chem. Met. Eng. FI-6-8-13

7-48 5-29-46

313

Acetylene

Chem. Eng. News Chem. Eng. News Chem. Inds. Oil Gas J.

4-4-49 12-4-50 4-28-51 5-17-51

977 4247 17 122

Acrylonitrile

Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Inds.

3-50 3-50

Aldrin

Agr. Chemicals Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr.

9-50 2-19-51

A l u m i n u m chloride

JC

2-24-49

13

A l u m i n u m sulfate

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Tappi Agr. Chemicals

2-21-49 12-49 2-50

38 26 a n d 2 7 A 26

Ammonia

JC Chem. Eng. News Agr. Chemicals JC Hearings-1949 Fert. S u p . Ind. Eng. Chem.

8-9-48 11-15-48 6-49 12-12-49

A m m o n i u m nitrate

Agr. Chemicals Agr. Chemicals Hearings—1949 Fert. Sup. Agr. Chemicals Agr. Chemicals

114 345 7 11

13 3410 39 2 a n d 18

6-50

989

6-49 9-49

39 32

2-50 6-50

26 36 39

A m m o n i u m phosphate A m m o n i u m p h o s p h a t e (di-)

Agr. Chemicals Hearings—1949 Fert. Sup.

6-49

A m m o n i u m sulfate

JC Agr. Chemicals Chem. Met. Eng. Hearings—1949 Fert. Sup. Agr. Chemicals M i n . Yrbk., Coke & Coal Chemicals Agr. Chemicals Chem. Eng.

12-21-48 6-49 11-49 2-50

26

6-50 9-49

36 268

Aniline

Chem. Eng. News Chem. Inds.

12-27-48 4-14-51

13 39 268

3827 39

Anisic aldehyde

Drug & Cosmetic Ind.

1-50

91

Antimony

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Min. Yrbk., Antimony

12-4-50

45

Arsenic

M i n . Y r b k . , Arsenic

B a r i u m salts (carbonate, c h l o r i d e , etc.)

M i n . Yrbk., Barite

Bauxite

M i n . Yrbk., Bauxite

Benzene

Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Eng. News JC Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Inds. Chem. Eng. News Chemist Can. Chem. Process Inds. Chem. Eng. News Chem. Eng.

2-49 10-24-49 11-30-49 2-50 3-50 11-6-50 7-51 7-51 3-26-51 1-50

119 3154 1 100 348 3866 298 573 1260 271


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Table 1. (continued) Chemical


Benzene hexachloride

Publication Agr. Chemicals Ind. Rept. Oil, Paint, Drug Chem. Inds.

Reptr.

Date

Page

10-48 10-49 2 -2 6 - 5 1 3 -2 4 - 5 1

22 19 3 24

Beryllium

M i n . Yrbk., Minor Metals

Borax

Agr. Chemicals Chem. Met. Eng.

B o r o n minerals

M M S

Bromine

M M S 1791 M i n . Yrbk., Salines-Misc.

Butane

M i n . Y r b k . , Natural Gasoline

2,3-Butanedione

IRB

7-24-50

Butylène

Oil Gas J. Chem. Eng.

7- 6-50 8 -5 0

6-49 2-50

39 269

1983

11 54 117

C a d m i u m oxide

Min. Yrbk., Cadmium

C a l c i u m arsenate

Ind. Rept.

10-49

C a l c i u m carbide


7-18-49 7-49

2062 30

C a l c i u m carbonate

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Chem. Met. Eng.

2-21-49 7-50

38 104

C a l c i u m chloride

M M S

Calcium cyanamide

Agr. Agr.

C a l c i u m h y d r o x i d e (lime)

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Rubber Age (N.Y.) Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. M M S 1796 Min. Yrbk., Lime

2-21-49 9 -4 9 10- 24-49

Calcium hypochlorite

19

1793 Chemicals Chemicals

6-49 6-50

39 36 38 714 38

Ind. Rept.

7-49

50

Calcium magnesium phosphate

Agr.

Chemicals

6-49

39

Calcium nitrate

Agr.

Chemicals

6-49

39

C a l c i u m phosphate (phos phate rock)

M i n . Yrbk., Phosphate Rock

Calcium metaphosphate

Agr.

Chemicals

6-49

39

Tricalcium phosphate

Agr.

Chemicals

6-49

39

C a l c i u m sulfate (gypsum)

Tappi JC Min. Yrbk., Gypsum

12-49 9-20-50

24^ 11

Camphor

STI3

C a r b o n (graphite)

Chem. Inds. M i n . Yrbk., Minor Non-Metals

10-48

609

C a r b o n bisulfide

Chem. Week Chem. Met. Eng.

8-4-51 1-49

36 317

Carbon black

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Rubber Age (N.Y.) Rubber Age (N.Y.) M M S 1754 a n d 1971 India Rubber World M i n . Yrbk., Carbon Black Rubber Age (Ν. Y.)

7- 2 5 - 4 9 8 -4 9

66 556 714

Carbon tetrachloride

Soap, Sanit. Chem. Eng.

105

Chemicals

9 -4 9 4-51 6-51 4 -4 9 5 -5 0

66 346 45 361


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Table 1. (continued)


Chemical

Publication

Date

Page

Casein

Chem. Eng. News

9-12-49

Cellulose acetate

Modern Plastics Ind. Rept.

1-49 2-49

2650 27

Chlordane

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Chem. Inds.

2-26-51 3-24-51

3 24

Chlorine

Chem. Inds. Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Met. Eng. Ind. Eng. Chem. Tappi Ind. Eng. Chem.

12-48 2-21-49 2-49 7-49 10-49 1-50 6-50

938 38 115 315 2155 38A 989

Chlorobenzene

Chem. Met. Eng.

1-50

272

C h r o m i c acid

Chem. Inds.

12-50

877

Citric acid

H R 309

Columbium


Copper

M i n . Yrbk., Copper M M S 1985

C o p p e r acetate

STI

Copper naphthenate

Chem. Inds.

2-49

C o p p e r sulfate

Agr. Chemicals STI Agr. Chemicals Ind. Rept. Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Chem. Week

7-48 6-49 10-49 4-16-51 6-23-51

19 3 43

Cresylic acid

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr. Chem. Eng. News

9-6-48 1-30-50

50 316

Cryolite

Agr. Chemicals M i n . Yrbk., Fluorspar

10-48

7066

230 219 226

22

10-48

22

2-49

219

C u p r i c acetoarsenite

Agr.

Cupric chromate

Chem. Inds.

C u p r o u s oxide

STI

DDT

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr Chem. Inds. Ind. Rept.

Diacetyl

Oil, Paint, Drug Reptr.

3-6-50

70

Agr. Chemicals Ind. Rept.

9-49 10-49

40 & 82 19

Ethanolamines

Chem. Inds.

4-12-51

36

E t h y l alcohol

A T U , Y e a r E n d Statistics Chem. Eng.

10-49

314

E t h y l cellulose

Chem. Eng.

3-51

279

Ethylene

Chem. Met. Eng. A T U , Y e a r E n d Statistics

8-50

116

Ethylene glycol

Chem. JC JC Chem. Chem. Chem. Chem.

Met. Eng Inds. Eng. News Inds.

3-48 10-6-48 4-12-49 5-49 7-50 2-19-51 2-24-51

381 8 19 357 41 712 16

Chem. Eng. News

3-14-49

748

2,4-D

Ethylenediamine

Chemicals

75

Inds.

2-26-51 3-24-51 10-49

3 24 19


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Table I. (continued) Publication


Chemical E t h y l e n e oxide

Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Inds.

E t h y l e n e sulfate

A T U , Y e a r E n d Statistics

Date

Page

7-50 7-50

331 41

6-49

39

Feldspar

M i n . Y r b k . , Feldspar

F e r r i c sulfate

Agr. Chemicals

Fluorspar

M M S 1716

Formaldehyde

Modern Plastics Chemical Industries Modern Plastics Chem. Met. Eng. Modern Plastics

9-49 2 - 10-51 3 - 51 8- 50 7-51

Furfural

Chem. Eng. Progr. Chem.

9 -4 8 1 0 - 17-49

Gelatin

FI

Geraniol

STI 4

176 11 bulletin 249 88 669 20

M19M.la 153 9- 20- 48

2771

4-49 9-11-50 2-1-51

12 51 3168 28

Chem. Met. Eng. Ind. Eng. Chem. Chem. Inds. Ind. Eng. Chem.

8-49 3-50 3-17-51 6-50

299 22A 7 989

Hydrofluoric acid

M M S 1596 Chem. Met. Eng.

12-48

313

Hydrofluoric acid

Chem. Inds. Fluorine M M S 1716

1-49

53 30

Hydrogen

Ind. Rept.

8-48

7

Hydrogen cyanide

Chem. Inds.

5-12-51

41

H y d r o g e n peroxide

Chem. Eng. News

7- 2 5 - 4 9

2174

Hydrogen

Chem. Met. Eng.

2-50

97

STI 3 Ind. Eng. Chem.

8 - 49

60 1547

Glycerin F I M17-7-07 F I M17-l-08,09 Ind. Rept. STI 3 Chem. Eng. News D N R Graphite.

See C a r b o n .

Gypsum. sulfate.

See

Calcium

Hexamethylene

tetramine

Hydrochloric acid

sulfide

Iodine

20

STI 3

M i n . Y r b k . , Salines-Misc. I r o n ore

M i n . Yrbk., Iron Ore

Iron oxide

56

STI

Isobutylene

Chem. Met. Eng. Ind. Eng. Chem.

Lactic acid

Chem. Eng. News

L a u r y l alcohol

JC

Lead

M M S 1900 M i n . Yrbk., Lead

L e a d acetate

STI 3

8 -5 0 9 -4 9 1 0 -3-49 2-11-49

116 1872 2870 9


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Table I. (continued) Publication

Chemical

Page

L e a d arsenate

JC STI 3 Ind. Rept.

2-10-49 10-49

9 72 19

L e a d oxide ( w h i t e & r e d lead)

Am. Paint J. M i n . Yrbk., Lead and Zinc Pigments Rubber Age (N.Y.) M M S 1956, 1 9 7 9

7-2-51

39

L e a d sulfate


Date

Rubber Age M M S 1979

(N.Y.)

9-49

714

9-49

714

L i m e . See C a l c i u m hydroxide. Litharge

M i n . Yrbk., Lead and Zinc Pigments M M S 1 6 0 9 , 1834, 1956, 1 9 7 9

Lithopone

M i n . Yrbk., Barite M i n . Yrbk., Lead andZinc Pigments M M S 1956, 1979 Am. Paint J.

M a g n e s i u m carbonate

M i n . Yrbk., Magnesium Compounds

7-2-51

39

M a g n e s i u m compounds

M i n . Yrbk., Magnesium Compounds

M a g n e s i u m oxide

M i n . Yrbk., Magnesium Compounds M M S 1792

M a g n e s i u m silicate

Rubber Age

9-49

714

M a g n e s i u m sulfate

M i n . Yrbk., Magnesium Compounds Agr. Chemicals Min. Yrbk., Gypsum

6-49

39

Maleic anhydride

Chem. Eng. News

12-13-48

Manganese

M i n . Yrbk., Manganese M a n g a n e s e R e p t . #51

9-48

Manganese sulfate

Agr.

(N.Y.)

Chemicals

3684

6-49

39 12 14

Melamine

Chem. Ind.

2-10-51 4-8-49

Menthol

JC

Mercury

Min. Yrbk., Mercury M M S 1820, 1975

Methanol

Chem. Eng. Chem. Eng. News Modern Plastics

M e t h y l ethyl ketone

Chem. Eng.

12-50

Naphthalene

Chem. Eng. News Chem. Eng. News Soap, Sanit. Chemicals Am. Paint J.

8- 30-48 9- 27-48 5-49 7-9-51

N i c k e l oxide

M i n . Yrbk., Nickel

Nitric acid

Chem. Met. Eng. Ind. Eng. Chem.

3-49 6-50

Olefins

Oil Gas J.

7-6-50

54

Oleic acid

Soap, Sanit. Chemicals F I M17-7-07 F I M 17-1-08,09

8-48

45

Oxygen

Chem. Met. Eng.

8-48

113

6-51 10-11-48 3-51

285 3024 bulletin 286 2555 2894 133 76

351 989

Pentaerythrito


2-19-51 2-24-51

712 16

P e t r o l e u m waxes

Chem. Trade J.

3-9-51

581


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Table I.

(continued) Publication

Chemical


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Date

Phenol

Modern Plastics Rubber Age (N.Y.) Modern Plastics Modern Plastics

5678-

Pyrethrum

Soap, Sanit.

Radium

M i n . Yrbk., Uranium, Radium Thorium

51 51 51 51

10-50

Chemicals

Page bulletin 335 bulletin bulletin 127

and

Resorcinol

Chem. Eng.

6-51

71

Rosin

N a v a l Stores R e p t . , A n n u a l Tappi R e v i e w a n d Outlook, N a v a l Stores

1-50 4-51

14A

Rotenone

Ind. Rept.

10-49

19

Selenium


Silicone carbide

M i n . Yrbk., Abrasive Materials

Sodium

Min. Yrbk.

Sodium aluminate

W o o d , Water, Work—Paper

Sodium

Min. Yrbk., Antimony

antimonate

S o d i u m benzoate

F O S 132

Sodium

Chem. Met. Eng. M i n . Y r b k . , Salines-Misc. M M S 1795 Wood, Water, Work—Paper Chem. Eng. Ind. Eng. Chem. Chem. Eng.

Sodium Sodium Sodium

carbonate

chloride fluorosilicate

Trade J.

Trade

2-49

114

3-51 6- 5 0 11-50

275 989 325

J.

7- 4 9

F O S 132 M M S 1848,

1739

Chem. Eng.

News

8-22-49

2-48 Chem. Met. Eng. 1-50 Chem. Met. Eng. W o o d , W a t e r , W o r k - -Paper Trade J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 6-50 Chem. Eng. I- 51

hydroxide

6-49

Agr. Chemicals Hearings—1949 Fert. Sup. Agr. Chemicals

Sodium nitrate

115 267 989 39 40 36 149

S o d i u m phosphate,

(di)

STI

S o d i u m phosphate,

(tri)

Soap, Sanit. STI

S o d i u m s u l f a t e (salt c a k e )

6-50

2420

II- 48

Chemicals

STI M M S 1795 Wood, Water, Work—Paper M i n . Y r b k . , Salines, M i s c . Ind. Eng. Chem.

46 149 156

Trade J. 6-50

989 7067

S o d i u m sulpho acetate

HR309

Sorbitol


Stearic acid

FI FI

Streptomycin

Ind. Rept.

11-48

Styrene

Chem. Eng. Chem. Eng. News Modern Plastics

6-50 4-16-51 10-51

Sulfanilamide

Drug & Cosmetic Ind.

3-49

2-19-51 2-24-51

712 16

M17-7-07 M17-l-08,09 39 327 1549 bulletin 285


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Table I. (continued) Chemical

Publication


Sulfur

Agr. Chemicals Chem. Week Rubber Age (N.Y.) W o o d , W a t e r , W o r k — P a p e r Trade J. Chem. Eng. News Agr. Chemicals M i n Y r b k . , Sulfur and Pyrites Tappi Chem. Eng. News Com. Fertilizer Chem. Eng. Can. Chem. Process Inds.

Sulfuric acid

Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Met. Eng. Chem. Eng. News Std & Poor's Ind. Eng. Chem. M i n . Y r b k . , Sulfur and Pyrites Chem. Eng.

Superphosphate

FI M19D-19 N F A Serv. Letter N F A Serv. Letter F I M17-7-07 F I M 17-1-08,09

Tantalum


Tellurium


Tetrachloroethane

Chem. Met.

Tetraethyllead

M M S 1805 M o Lead Rept

Page 39 A g r C , 7 - 5 1 13 p . 63 I n d i a 714 R u b . W l d , 7-51 p. 458

5-28-51 2-50

2162 26

7-51 4-2-51 3-51 4-51 6-51

70A 1310 & 20 267 496

2-49 2-50 4-2-51 5-52 6-50

112 97 1312

4-50

7-49

Eng.

Min. Yrbk., Uranium, Radium, Thorium

Tin

Paint, Oil, Chem. Min. Yrbk., Tin

T i t a n i u m dioxide

W o o d , W a t e r , W o r k — P a p e r Trade J. 7-2-51 Am. Paint J. Chem. Eng. 3 - 48 Chem. Week Oil, Paint, Drug

N a v a l Stores Rept., A n n u a l R e v i e w a n d Outlook, N a v a l Stores

Uranium

Min. Yrbk., Uranium, Thorium Radium

Urea

Agr. Chemicals Modern Plastics Chem. Eng. Chem. Eng.

Xylene

FI-6-8-12 M i n . Y r b k . , Zinc

Zinc

Chem. Inds. M M S 1956,

6-16-51 2-26-51

Reptr.

Turpentine

Zinc

2-15-51

Rev.

Modern Plastics FI-6-8-25

Zinc oxide

315

and

Tricresyl phosphate

chloride

337

#24

Thorium

Toxaphene

989

2-10-50 2-19-51

#40 #32

T a l l oil

Date 6-49 6-23-51 9-49

4- 49

18

39 322 13 3 101

4-51 and 6- 49 7- 51 3-51 8- 51

39 88 111 274

2-49

219

9-49

714

1979

M M S 1609, 1736, 1834, 1956, 1979 Rubber Age (N.Y.) M i n . Y r b k . , Lead and Zinc Pigments Am. Paint J.

7-2-51

39


1360


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Table I. (continued) Chemical


Z i n c sulfate

Publication

Date

Page

M M S 1609,1736,1956,1979 Agr. Chemicals M i n . Yrbk., Lead andZinc Pigments

6-49

39

12-49

24A

Z i n c sulfide

Tappi

Zirconium


Z i r c o n i u m silicate

Chem. Inds.

α Authorized abbreviations from the Chemical Abstracts other abbreviations follows. Ann. Pet. St. ATU Chem. Crops DNR F I 6-8 F I M14A F I M17-1 F I M17-7 FI M19D FI M19M.la Fluorine FOS Hearings—1949 Fert. Sup. H R 309 Ind. Operations Bur. Ind. Rept. IRB JC Manganese Rept. #51 Min. Yr. Bk. MMS Nat'l Rub. News Naval Stores Rept. N F A Serv. Letter Oilways Review & Outlook, Naval Stores STI Std & Poor's

11-49

728

" L i s t of Periodicals" have been used.

A key to

Annual Petroleum Statement, Bureau of Mines Alcohol Tax Unit, Treasury Dept., Bureau of Internal Revenue The Chementator Better Crops with Plant Food, American Potash Institute Daily News Record Facts for Industry, Wartime E n d Uses, Dept. of Commerce Facts for Industry, Pulp and Paper Board, Dept. of Commerce Facts for Industry, Fats & Oils, Dept. of Commerce Facts for Industry, Fats & Oils, Dept. of Commerce Facts for Industry, Superphosphate, Dept. of Commerce Facts for Industry, Gelatin, Dept. of Commerce Fluorspar and Fluorine Chemicals-Report of Investigations #141, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, 111. Fats and Oils Situation, Dept. of Agriculture Hearings before subcommittee of the Committee of Agriculture—House of Rep resentatives, 81st Congress, "1949 Fertilizer Supplies." House Joint Resolutions 309 & 331, Hearings to permit use of oleomargarine by armed forces Industry Operations Bureau, Dept. of Commerce. Rubber Statistics Chemicals & Drugs—Industry Reports, Dept. of Commerce Internal Revenue Bulletin, Treasury Dept. Journal of Commerce Manganese in 2nd quarter of 1948, Bureau of Mines "Minerals Yearbook," Bureau of Mines Mineral Market Surveys, Bureau of Mines Natural Rubber News, Natural Rubber Bureau Naval Stores Report, Dept. of Agriculture National Fertilizer Association Service Letter Oilways, Esso Standard Oil Co. Review and Outlook, Naval Stores, Dept. of Agriculture "Summaries of Tariff Information," Dept. of Commerce Standard & Poor's "Basic Industry Survey, Chemical"

" W h o makes it? Where is i t made? H o w much is made? H o w is i t made? H o w much does it cost? Where is i t used? John Skeen did a great deal for the advancement of the chemical industry by supplying several articles i n this series. Chemical Industries approached the problem a little differently. I t published, at odd intervals, a series of very detailed commercial studies of the more important chemicals. I n the Industry Reports series on chemicals and drugs (9), the Department of C o m merce published a synopsis of information for each of a number of major chemicals and antibiotics. M a n y magazine articles also have given information on chemical consumption in the past few years. However, magazines are not the only sources of information on chemical consump tion. A book on sources of chemical market information, by R . M . Lawrence of iJae Monsanto Chemical Co., has been published (3). The author, i n preparing a chapter for the " C h e m i c a l Business H a n d b o o k / ' edited by John H . Perry (4), examined most of the data published since 1948. I t became a p parent that data comes from a wide variety of sources. Using F . D . Snell's Chemical Market Report, which is published monthly (1), i t was easy to check the material which LITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.


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was listed as containing consumption data. This was supplemented by the " M i n e r a l s Yearbook" (8) and "Summaries of Tariff Information" (10). More than 50 different sources—government publications, magazines, and news papers—were found to contain data on chemical consumption. Of course, some of it was duplicated, but each source supplied some valuable information. Of a l l the sources studies, the most valuable single source of consumption data was Chemical Market Report. It gives abstracts of articles appearing i n other publications in sufricient detail to allow the reader to decide whether or not the original article is worth further investigation. In addition, "Industrial Chemicals," by F a i t h , K e y s , and Clark, (2) contains data on consumption of chemicals by markets for 1948. One-hundred-four chemicals are i n cluded. Another valuable source of chemical consumption data is " C h e m i c a l Economics Handbook," edited by Raymond Ε well (6).

Collecting Data I n collecting data on chemical end uses, there are sources which should be checked regularly. Starting with the daily papers, there is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Journal of Commerce, and New York Herald Trihune. Chemical data is occasionally found i n general weekly magazines, such as Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News and World Report. Among business publications chemical use data may be found i n Business Week, Chemical Week, Chemical and Engineering News, Oil & Gas Journal, and last, but not least, the Oil, Paint & Drug Reporter. M o n t h l y magazines that frequently carry end-use data are Industrial and Engineer ing Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Modern Plastics, Soap and Sanitary Chemicals, Fortune, Tappi, Canadian Chemistry and Process Industries, The Chemist, Chemical Engi neering Progress, Rubber Age, Agricultural Chemicals, and Rayon Organon. Further information on these magazines can be obtained i n any library by looking up their listing i n Standard Rate and Data, which lists all reputable commercial publica tions (5). Consumption data for chemicals can also be obtained regularly i n the various govern ment releases put out by Department of Commerce, Tariff Commission, Bureau of Mines, and Department of Agriculture, as well as the chemical sections of N P A and D P A . For those interested i n actual data, sources of information which contain figures on consumption of individual chemicals are listed i n Table I . This list was prepared with the assistance of D r . Skeen and associates.

Uses Of course, the primary use of chemical end-use data is i n chemical market research. The chemical market researcher has to have a technical background to correlate data that has appeared i n the literature or information that he has collected outside of the literature. To the technically trained man, the data on production of carbon bisulfide can be related to the consumption of sulfur i n a consuming industry. Similarly, the pro duction rates of viscose rayon can be directly related to the use of carbon bisulfide i n the rayon industry. Therefore, the more specialized form of chemical end-use data—such as conversion factors—can be related to total tonnage of a known chemical to provide total tonnage of another product or use.

Quality of Published Data Published data on chemical end use are incomplete i n many cases. Some major chemicals are still closely controlled by one or two companies, and data on them is not published. The professional market researcher uses published data as a starting point i n any market study. H e does not consider it the final answer. A s a matter of fact, as an exLITERATURE RESOURCES Advances in Chemistry; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1954.

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editor let me state that the mere fact that a number finds its way into print does not mean the figure is correct. It is considered reliable at the time of publication, but sometimes even reliable sources can be wrong. There have been cases where one man gave another a guess on the size of a particular market, the second man passed the number on to a third, and eventually it wound up in print. The first man saw it and immediately rejoiced to see how closely he had guessed the true size of that market. These instances are not common, because editors are generally a bit skeptical and check closely on these stray figures. However, slips occur. So use any published figure with the same discretion that you would apply to an unpublished number. Literature Cited (1) Chemical Market Report, Foster D. Snell, Inc., 29 West 15th St., New York, February, 1950-. (2) Faith, W. L., Keyes, D. B., and Clark, R. L., "Industrial Chemicals," New York, John Wiley & Son, 1950. (3) Lawrence, R. M., "Sources of Information for Industrial Market Research," New York, Chemi cal Industries, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1947. (4) Perry, J. H., "Chemical Business Handbook," New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1953. (5) Standard Rate and Data Service, Evanston,Ill.,monthly. (6) Stanford Research Institute, Stanford, Calif., "Chemical Economics Handbook," (loose-leaf, several installments per year) 1950-. (7) U. S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C., Mineral Industry Surveys, monthly. (8) U. S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C., "Minerals Yearbook," annual, 1910-. (9) U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., Chemicals and Drugs—Industry Reports, monthly, July 1945-Sept. 1950. (10) U. S. Tariff Commission, Washington, D. C., "Summaries of Tariff Information," Vol. I, "Chem icals, Oils, and Fats," 1948. RECEIVED April 22, 1952. Presented before the Division of Chemical Literature, Symposium on Literature Sources for Chemical Market Research, at the 121st Meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Buffalo, Ν. Y.


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