The phrase "a commodity chemical" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to chemistry, manufacturing, or economics to refer to a chemical substance that is produced in bulk and is interchangeable with other goods of the same type.
Example: "Sodium chloride is often considered a commodity chemical due to its widespread availability and use in various industries."
Alternatives: "bulk chemical" or "industrial chemical".
Hydrogen peroxide is a commodity chemical, as it is an environmentally friendly oxidant.
Lactic acid is a commodity chemical that can be produced biologically.
Suppose that a commodity chemical company we'll call it Copano is considering investing in a new plant.
Monsanto in the last decade has been transforming itself from a commodity chemical maker into a broader-based company incorporating biotechnology and other businesses.
We report a fast and facile microwave technique to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes anchored on graphene substrates from azobis cyclohexanecarbonitrile), a commodity chemical, commonly used as a radical initiator in polymerization reactions as the nanotube precursor.
For a commodity chemical company like Copano, plant value is often driven by changes in a single key variable, such as the spread between the price of the output commodity chemical (polyethylene terephthalic acid, or PTA, for example) and the cost of a key input commodity chemical (p-xylene, say).
The Westlake Chemical Corporation, a manufacturer of raw materials used in plastics, has made an unsolicited all-cash bid to acquire the Georgia Gulf Corporation, a commodity chemicals maker, for $30 a share.
Kevin McCarthy, a commodity chemicals analyst at Bank of America, sees the potential for double-digit annual sales growth for lithium carbonate at least through 2012.
The biological conversion of CO2 and H2 into formate offers a sustainable route to a valuable commodity chemical through CO2 fixation, and a chemical form of hydrogen fuel storage.
Ammonia (NH3) is a key commodity chemical of vital importance for fertilisers.
One of the fund's winners was the Methanex Corporation, in Vancouver, British Columbia, which makes and markets methanol, a liquid commodity chemical.
