Technology is available to use relatively inexpensive propane, rather than more costly propylene, as a feedstock for acrylic acid. However, significantly higher utility and capital costs mean that this route may not be preferable. Only when propylene is priced three times higher (or more) than propane does this become a viable option for producing acrylic acid.
As demand and supplies for propylene tighten, propane emerges as a viable feedstock to produce acrylic acid
ACRYLIC ACID
Propylene is established as the preferred feedstock for making this petrochemical. Ov
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