Industrial Chemistry
One of the most overlooked aspects to the many advances in chemistry over the last 200 years is the huge financial implication. Go into a Home Depot store one day and look around. Those massive stores are primarily filled with products that would not exist if it were not for chemical companies making the raw materials. Everything from the … Keep Reading → paints and paint removal products, to the treated lumber, to the large supplies of pesticides and other lawn care products, and countless other products exist only because of the industry of chemistry. And a big industry it is. The business of industrial chemistry is home to some of the largest corporations in the world. Companies like DuPont, Dow Chemical, BASF and others are multi-billion dollar businesses. The products they make cover every conceivable area of our lives. From our morning shower - with the soaps we use, to the ride to work - with the gas in the car, to the medicines that keep us healthy, the science and business of industrial chemistry has a huge impact on our lives.
![Sodium Carbonate [Sodium Trioxocarbonate(IV)] and Sodium Bicarbonate [Sodium Hydrogentrioxocarbonate(IV)]](http://s2.hubimg.com/u/6642965_50.jpg "Sodium Carbonate [Sodium Trioxocarbonate(IV)] and Sodium Bicarbonate [Sodium Hydrogentrioxocarbonate(IV)]")
