Handbook of Solvents - George Wypych - ChemTech - Ventech!

14.22 Polymers and man-made fibers 1019
Table 14.22.1 Reported solvent releases from the polymer and man-made fiber
industry in 1995 [Data from Ref. 1]
Solvent Amount, kg/year Solvent Amount, kg/year
allyl alcohol 29,000 1,4-dioxane 10,000
benzene 60,000 ethylbenzene 130,000
n-butyl alcohol 480,000 ethylene glycol 1,400,000
sec-butyl alcohol 25,000 hexane 880,000
tert-butyl alcohol 16,000 methanol 3,600,000
carbon disulfide 27,500,000 methyl ethyl ketone 260,000
carbon tetrachloride 100 methyl isobutyl ketone 98,000
chlorobenzene 19,000 pyridine 67,000
chloroform 14,000 tetrachloroethylene 4,000
cresol 4,000 1,1,1-trichloroethane 120,000
cyclohexane 98,000 trichloroethylene 39,000
1,2-dichloroethane 98,000 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 12,000
dichloromethane 1,300,000 toluene 900,000
N,N-dimethylformamide 19,000 xylene 460,000
Table 14.22.2. Reported solvent transfers from the polymer and man-made fiber
industry in 1995 [Data from Ref. 1]
Solvent Amount, kg/year Solvent Amount, kg/year
allyl alcohol 120,000 ethylbenzene 880,000
benzene 160,000 ethylene glycol 49,000,000
n-butyl alcohol 330,000 hexane 8,000,000
sec-butyl alcohol 12,000 methanol 5,600,000
tert-butyl alcohol 160,000 methyl ethyl ketone 460,000
carbon disulfide 14,000 methyl isobutyl ketone 43,000
carbon tetrachloride 200,000 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 780,000
chlorobenzene 570,000 pyridine 70,000
chloroform 59,000 tetrachloroethylene 330,000
cresol 20,000 1,1,1-trichloroethane 21,000
cyclohexane 420,000 trichloroethylene 76,000
dichloromethane 250,000 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 98,000
N,N-dimethylformamide 300,000 toluene 2,800,000
1,4-dioxane 11,000 xylene 7,800,000