Bharat petroleum caters to the fuel needs of approx. 8000 industrial customers spread across all over the country. Bharat petroleum provide the best industrial products in india. Benzene [an industrial product offered by bharat petroleum] is a pure aromatic compound having fixed boiling point unlike other petroleum products which are mixtures of hydrocarbon compounds. It conforms to is:543-1992 specifications for benzene grade 1 and 2.Its main features are:
1 chemically stable and incompatible with strong oxidizers, chlorine bromine and iron.
2 reacts vigorously with common oxidizing agents.
3 poisonous hence should be handled with the utmost precaution.Inhalation,contact with skin should be avoided.
4 fire fighting foam used on benzene is dcp/co2
It it used in a mixture with linear alkyl benzenes, chlorobenzenes styrene which is synthetic rubber, cyclohexane [nylon] ,phenol and polyester resins. Benzene is also used in the production of drugs/dyes/insecticides/plastics.
