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Petrochemistry
Petrochemical Academy
Naphtha teaches intermediate candidates as they branch through furnaces, towers, and pipe networks toward plastics, rubbers, and fibers.
Naphtha
cracking / routing
Intermediates
monomers / aromatics
Material Routes
plastics / rubber
Teacher
Naphtha
Source manager / route advisor
The teacher who organizes refinery fractions through cracking furnaces and distillation towers, then guides routes toward ethylene, propylene, butadiene, aromatics, and more.
From Naphtha to Materials
This page focuses on monomers and aromatic intermediates before they become finished plastics. Character design starts from properties, reactivity, and downstream routes.
STEP 1
Naphtha
STEP 2
Ethylene / Propylene / Aromatics
STEP 3
PE / PP / PVC / ABS / NBR
Candidates
Intermediate Candidates
Ethylene
C₂H₄
Chemistry role
The simplest alkene: light, simple, and a foundational petrochemical monomer.
Character design
A tiny sprinter: honest, fast, and ready to run into many routes.
Main routes
PE / EG / PVC route / styrene route
Propylene
C₃H₆
Chemistry role
A branched step beyond ethylene, feeding PP, acrylic, oxo, and related routes.
Character design
A quick route-switcher with compact energy and fast branching decisions.
Main routes
PP / acrylic chemistry / oxo route / PU-related
Butadiene
C₄H₆
Chemistry role
A conjugated diene with two double bonds, central to elastomers and ABS-related routes.
Character design
A spring-loaded athlete: elastic, tough, and always rebounding.
Main routes
BR / SBR / NBR / ABS
Benzene
C₆H₆
Chemistry role
The fundamental aromatic ring: stable, planar, symmetrical, and central.
Character design
A calm theorist who holds the ring together with quiet symmetry.
Main routes
styrene / phenolic resin / aromatic intermediates
Toluene
C₇H₈
Chemistry role
Methylated benzene: aromatic, practical, mobile, and solvent-like.
Character design
A freckled route scout moving samples between theory and plant work.
Main routes
solvents / TDI-related / aromatic routes
Xylene
C₈H₁₀
Chemistry role
An isomer family where separation, comparison, and p-xylene routes matter.
Character design
A bespectacled planner sorting three routes with quiet precision.
Main routes
p-xylene / terephthalic acid / PET
Styrene
C₈H₈
Chemistry role
An aromatic-vinyl bridge leading toward PS, ABS, and SBR.
Character design
A model-club maker: light, formable, creative, and a little fragile.
Main routes
PS / ABS / SBR
Vinyl Chloride
C₂H₃Cl
Chemistry role
A chlorinated vinyl monomer whose PVC route demands sealed handling.
Character design
A strict safety monitor protecting the class through disciplined handling.
Main routes
PVC
Acrylonitrile
C₃H₃N
Chemistry role
A polar nitrile monomer for ABS, NBR, and acrylic fiber routes.
Character design
A cool technical ace handling high-performance routes with precision.
Main routes
ABS / NBR / acrylic fiber