MarketsandMarkets™ Study| What Is the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Global Sulfuric Acid Market?
Verfasser: ashwani_kailiya on Tuesday, 1 February 2022Sulfuric acid historically called oil of vitriol is a toxic, highly corrosive, slight yellowish colored liquid that is used in manufacturing of a wide variety of chemicals. It is a strong mineral acid which is diprotic according to its chemical formula and shows different properties depending upon its concentration. It has hygroscopic properties and reacts violently with water. Due to its highly reactive nature and strong dehydrating quality it is used extensively in many chemical reaction as catalyst, intermediate and raw material. It is a polar compound and conductive in nature so it is used as an electrolyte in lead-acid batteries. It is also used in industrial cleaning in the chemical industries. Its prime uses include metal ore leaching, fertilizer manufacturing, oil refining, wastewater processing, and chemical synthesis. It is produced via different methods such as contact process, wet sulfuric acid process, lead chamber process and some others. The global sulfuric acid market in this report has broadly been segmented on the basis of application such as fertilizers, metal processing, pulp & paper, textile industry, automotive, chemical manufacturing, others which includes its use as industrial cleaning agent, in drugs and medicines and in electronic industries. Fertilizer is the largest application of sulfuric acid. Increase in agricultural activities lead to increase use of fertilizers which consumes sulfuric acid on large scale in its production.