Page 191 - CW E-Magazine (17-12-2024)
P. 191

Special Report


          Table 2: Select new projects for manufacture of ultrapure chemicals  of ultrapure chemicals in the world,
        Producer               Location      Ultrapure         Capacity,   and a number of expansion proposals
                                             chemical              ktpa   and new projects are under planning/
                               Yamakita                              30   implementation  in different countries
                               Saga                                  19   including USA, Japan, South Korea,
        Mitsubishi Gas Chemical  Yokkaichi                           12   Vietnam, and China. However, no such
                               China                                 90   project  is  currently  in  the  offi ng  in
                                                                          India.
                               US            Hydrogen peroxide      140
        MGC Pure Chemicals     Singapore                             30   Specifi cations of ultrapure
        America, Inc.          Taiwan                                90   chemicals
        LS MnM Inc..           South Korea   Sulphuric acid         180      Heavy metal  concentrations  in the
                                             Hydrogen peroxide            ultrapure chemicals are extremely low,
        OCI Company Ltd.       South Korea                           85   measured in parts per billion or parts
                                             Phosphoric acid              per trillion.
                                                                     26
                                                                             Advanced cleaning  methods like
        Zhejiang Morita New                  Hydrofl uoric acid       50   distillation,  sublimation,  fi ltration  and
        Materials Co. Ltd.     China         Ammonium                15   others are used in the production pro-
                                             hydroxide                    cess to reach the required level of
        Formosa Tokuyama       Taiwan        Isopropyl alcohol       30   purity.
        Advanced Chemicals Co.
        GrandiT                China         Nitric acid             30   Recommendation
               Table 3: Specifi cations of ultrapure ammonium hydroxide       Since the global production of
        Description            Maximum     Description        Maximum     semiconductor/electronic products  are
                                                                          steadily  increasing and India  is also
                               value, ppm                     value, ppm  taking steps to boost production, the
        Particles > 0.5 µm      250 p/ml   Lithium (Li)             0.01  Indian and export market for ultrapure
        Non-volatile matter        10      Magnesium (Mg)           0.05  chemicals is an attractive option for
        Silver (Ag)               0.01     Manganese (Mn)           0.01  investment.
        Aluminium (Al)            0.05     Molybdenum (Mo)          0.01
        Arsenic, antimony (as As)  0.05    Sodium (Na)               0.2     A number of industrial chemi-
        Arsenic (As)              0.01     Nickel (Ni)              0.01  cals are produced in India, and
                                                                          these can be purified to ultra-purity
        Gold (Au)                 0.02     Lead (Pb)                0.01  levels.
        Boron (B)                 0.01     Platinum (Pt)            0.02
        Barium (Ba)               0.01     Antimony (Sb)            0.01  Report
        Beryllium (Be)            0.01     Tin (Sn)                 0.02     Nandini Consultancy Centre has
        Bismuth (Bi)              0.02     Strontium (Sr)           0.01  released an introductory report on
        Calcium (Ca)              0.1      Titanium (Ti)            0.01  the subject with the objective of pro-
        Cadmium (Cd)              0.01     Thallium (Tl)            0.02  viding broad understanding on the
                                                                          demand  and  technology  aspects  of
        Cobalt (Co)               0.01     Vanadium (V)             0.01  ultrapure chemicals.
        Chromium (Cr)             0.01     Zinc (Zn)                0.05
        Copper (Cu)               0.01     Zirconium (Zr)           0.01     Ultrapure chemicals covered in
        Iron (Fe)                 0.05     Carbonat                  10   the report include ammonium hydro-
        Gallium (Ga)              0.01     Chloride (Cl)             0.5  xide, hydrochloric acid, hydrofl uoric
        Germanium (Ge)            0.05     Phosphate (PO )           0.2  acid, hydrogen peroxide, isopropyl
                                                                          alcohol, nitric acid, phosphoric acid,
                                                       4
        Indium (In)               0.01     Silicate (as SiO )        0.5  phosphorus oxychloride, sulphuric
                                                        2
        Potassium (K)             0.1      Sulphate (SO )             2   acid, and water.
                                                      4
       Chemical Weekly  December 17, 2024                                                              191


                                      Contents    Index to Advertisers    Index to Products Advertised
   186   187   188   189   190   191   192   193   194   195   196