Chemical manufacturers

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A common research need is to find manufacturers or distributors of given chemicals. A number of resources can help you with this task, listed below. For more general chemical industry research, also try the Chemical Economics Handbook, which includes pricing and other data.

Online options

Knovel handbooks can help. They have a few of the items listed below, others will turn up in a search for your chemical.

Business focus, call numbers around HD 9650

For example:

• Directory of chemical producers, United States of America
  • HD9651.3 .D57 - latest edition in reference at DH Hill and Textiles, older editions in the DH Hill stacks

Chemical engineering focus, call numbers around TP12-200

Some examples:

• Chem sources-U.S.A.
  • Important for large-scale buying ("I need a tanker truck of a chemical")
  • Online (on campus only)
  • TP12 .C48 - latest edition in reference at DH Hill and Textiles, older editions in the DH Hill stacks
• OPD chemical buyers directory
  • TP12 .O6 - latest edition in reference at DH Hill and Textiles, older editions in the DH Hill stacks
• Specialty Chemicals Source Book
  • TP200 .A78 - latest edition in reference at DH Hill, older editions in the DH Hill stacks

Others with different focus

Such as:

• Handbook of water treatment chemicals : an international guide to more than 3400 products by trade name, chemical, function, and manufacturer
  • TD433 .A84 1996, DH Hill stacks
• International resources guide to hazardous chemicals : manufacturers, agencies, organizations, and useful sources of information
  • T55.3 .H3 G743 2003, and online through NCSU Libraries

Many more examples like this in the catalog. Search for "chemical manufacturers" or "chemical industry" and the focus you're interested in (e.g., in the examples above, water or hazardous chemicals).

Commercial sources of chemicals

SciFinder Scholar can help you locate commercial sources for purchase.

From start (or New Task), click Locate

• Select Locate Substances
• Enter search terms
  • CAS number is most concise and uniquely identifies a substance
  • Common names or other identifiers usually work
• These icons will appear if there is available information:

• Click the beaker icon to get a list of commercial sources. No beaker means no listed commercial sources.

A list of other ideas (not all available to NCSU) here.

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