Hexane Market Share, Development and Growth to 2015

Global Hexane Market - Capacity, Generation, Industry Size, Major

Feedstock, Regulations, and Key Country Analysis to 2015

Global hexane market is expected to witness substantial growth owing to increasing use in oil

extraction industry. Properties including low solubility in water, colorless nature and easy

miscibility with alcohol, chloroform and ether are expected to be key drivers for global hexane

market. . These properties makes hexane most widely used solvent in the industries including

printing, textile, furniture and footwear. Hexane is primarily used in application as special

purpose solvent and oil extractant owing to its use in various industries including edible oil,

printing, textiles, leather, paints and rubber.

Hexane also known as n-hexane is an organic compound derived from natural gas and crude oil

through various thermal and catalytic cracking process. Owing to its properties hexane in its

highly purified form finds its application in chemical laboratories as an extractant for wide range

of non-polar organic compounds and hydrocarbons. Hexane is used extensively in edible oil

industry as an oil extractant for variety of seed crops including mustard seed, cotton seed,

soybeans and peanuts. Furthermore, properties including preservation of colors of original plant

materials, ability to remove unwanted taste and other undesirable food properties is expected to

increase global demand for hexane in the edible oil industry. Printing industry application of

hexane includes its use as a cleaner and also used as component of certain inks owing to its

property of cleaning agent.

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Adhesive industry application of hexane includes its use as a solvent in adhesives, various glues

owing to its low cost and favorable chemical properties. Leather industry application of hexane

includes use in leather dressing preparation...