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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

China quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemical

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China quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemical

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 days ago
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Amid disruption from the Iran war, China has banned exports of sulphuric acid, a crucial component used to treat drinking water, refine petroleum and make batteries, clothing and phosphate fertilisers.
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    Sulphuric acid is also used for hard anodizing, which is a surface treatement used for aerospace applications.

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    oh shit

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    Great news for the US, outside of petroleum refining, they don’t do any of this.

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      Purify drinking water, produce batteries, and nitrogen enrichment?

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        The US has neutered the EPA and cancelled a lot of safe water regulations, scrapped most domestic battery manufacturing plans, and import most of their fertilizer ingredients under a supply chain choked by tariffs or war.

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        used a lot in metalworking and fab.

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