How Halcon-SD Group Developed Hydrocarbon Oxidation Processes?
1984 Volume 42 Issue 12 Pages 1145-1151
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1984 Volume 42 Issue 12 Pages 1145-1151
The Halcon SD Group, founded in 1946 by Dr. R. Landau with a few friends, discovered and developed the break-through processes, such as direct vapor phase ethylene oxidation to ethylene oxide, production of terephthalic acid and related products by liquid phase oxidation, boric acid-assisted oxidation of cycloparaffins to KA oil, and co-production of propylene oxide and t-butyl alcohol/styrene, etc. The Group has contributed an estimated one-fourth of the petrochemical industry's major process discoveries.
Worldwide, the industry uses its technologies to manufacture some ten million tons of products annually. Why the Group succeeded ? To answer the question, a brief history is described, focussing the thought and deed of Dr. Landau.
