What are the particularities of the chemical industry?

The uniqueness of the chemical industry is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
The particularity of production raw materials: Most of the raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished products used in the chemical industry are flammable, explosive, toxic, harmful, and corrosive hazardous chemicals. These raw materials have high requirements for production, storage, and transportation.
The danger of the production process: The production process of chemicals requires strict process conditions, and some reactions are carried out under high temperature, high pressure, low temperature, and high vacuum conditions. A slight carelessness may lead to accidents such as toxic gas leakage, explosion, or fire.
The complexity of production equipment: Chemical factories are filled with various pipelines and pressure vessels, and the production process is complex with numerous equipment and facilities. Once out of control, it may lead to serious accidents.
The rigor of production methods: The modern chemical industry has shifted from manual operation to highly automated and continuous production. Production equipment has changed from open to closed, and operations have changed from decentralized control to centralized control, requiring strict and meticulous attention to detail.
There are various types of products with wide applications: Fine chemicals cover 40-50 categories and over 100000 varieties, widely used in multiple fields such as medicine, dyes, pesticides, coatings, etc., and play an important role in high-tech fields such as aerospace, biotechnology, and information technology.
High technological content and high added value: The production technology of fine chemicals is complex and requires highly specialized knowledge and skills. The same intermediate product can be derived into chemicals with multiple uses through different process flows, and the production process is complex and varied.
Market demand diversification: The demand for fine chemicals in the market is diversified, and enterprises need to update or improve their products in a timely manner according to market changes to ensure the stability of product quality. This requires enterprises to have core competitiveness in derivative development, production process experience accumulation, and innovation capabilities in segmented fields.