Handbook of Solvents - George Wypych - ChemTech - Ventech!

14.18 Organic chemical industry 961
Table 14.18.1. Reported solvent releases from the organic chemical industry in 1995
[Data from Ref. 2]
Solvent Amount, kg/year Solvent Amount, kg/year
allyl alcohol 31,000 ethylbenzene 370,000
benzene 690,000 ethylene glycol 6,050,000
n-butyl alcohol 850,000 hexane 600,000
sec-butyl alcohol 63,000 isopropyl alcohol 150
tert-butyl alcohol 430,000 methanol 8,750,000
carbon disulfide 85,000 methyl ethyl ketone 260,000
carbon tetrachloride 10,000 methyl isobutyl ketone 520,000
chlorobenzene 27,000 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 350,000
chloroform 7,000 methyl tert-butyl ether 64,000
cresol 280,000 pyridine 120,000
m-cresol 320,000 tetrachloroethylene 20,000
o-cresol 270,000 toluene 1,040,000
p-cresol 162,000 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 41,000
cyclohexane 450,000 1,1,1-trichloroethane 130,000
cyclohexanol 1,100,000 trichloroethylene 18,000
dichloroethane 120,000 xylene 350,000
1,2-dichloroethylene 70 m-xylene 59,000
dichloromethane 310,000 o-xylene 34,000
N,N-dimethylformamide 25,000 p-xylene 660,000
1,4-dioxane 12,000
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