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Article: Concentrated nitric acid demand increases steadily.
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- May 26, 2006
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Rapid growth in output
There are around 40 concentrated nitric acid producers in China today with a total capacity of around 1.6 million t/ a. The output reached 1.5695 million tons in 2005, an increase of 24.1% over the previous year and the growth was much higher than previous years. It is expected that the capacity of concentrated nitric acid in China will still increase at an annual rate of 10% in the next 3-5 years and will be more than 2.7 million tons in 2008.
Shandong province in the east coastal areas of China has the largest output of concentrated nitric acid. The output of concentrated nitric acid in the province was 455.2 thousand tons in ...