Chapter 9
I Introduction
II The Australian Chemical Industry
III Pharmaceuticals
IV Chemists In Other Industries
V The Dawn Of Modern Chemical Industry - High Pressure Synthesis
VI The Growth Of Synthetic Chemicals - Concentration, Rationalisation And International Links
VII Australian Industrial Chemical Research Laboratories
VIII The Plastics Industry
i Plastics processing
ii Phenol - basis of the first plastic
iii Plastics - the first generation
iv Plastics - the second generation - from petrochemicals
v Styrene monomer - the West Footscray petrochemical complex
vi The Botany petrochemical complex
vii The petrochemical complex at Altona
viii CSR - from sugar alcohol to petrochemical OXO alcohol
IX The Paint Industry
X Acknowledgements
References
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Styrene monomer - the West Footscray petrochemical complex (continued)
BHP agreed to join the venture and a new company, Hydrocarbon Products Pty. Ltd. was formed to undertake the project. The plant began operation in 1977; the West Footscray Petrochemicals complex was established (Fig. 27).
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - Hydrocarbon Products Pty Ltd; West Footscray Petrochemicals Complex
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