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Report No. 37
ACETIC ACID
by SHIGEYOSHI TAKAOKA
March 1968
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . 3
3 INDUSTRY STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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5 (continued)
Type of Reactor .................. * . 75
Purification ................... . . 75
Material of Construction ............. . . 77
Process Description .................. . . 77
Process Discussion .................. . . 97
Cost Estimates .................... . . 102
Capital Costs .................... . . 102
Production costs .................. . . 110
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Process Description ......... ........... 173
Process Discussion ......... ........... 181
Cost Estimates ........... ........... 185
Capital Costs ........... ........... 185
I 186
0 Production Costs ......... ...........
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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TABLES
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