Pentane
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 290110 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 24 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- China
- Spain
- Italy
- Japan
- Israel
- Malaysia
- United Kingdom
- Austria
- Portugal
- India
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Greece
- Sweden
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Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 7 sectors as 7 functional roles.
- •Fuels and fuel additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Fuel in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Swelling agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8003/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8003.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv