N Hexane, Grade Standard: Technical Grade at CNY 1,0300 /MT.
n-Hexane prices are estimated at USD 1537/MT in March 2023.
The current average market price of Hexane Chemical is Rs 12,000/ Barrel.
n-Hexane is a colorless liquid with a Gasoline-like odor. The commercial product is a mixture of Hexanes and small amounts of other chemicals. n-Hexane is used in laboratories and as a solvent to remove vegetable oils from crops. It is also found in Gasoline and rubber cement.
Virtually all n-hexane is obtained from petroleum mixtures through controlled fractional distillation and other refinery-based processes (Speight 1991). n-Hexane can also be synthesized from sugar cane wastes using special catalysts (SUCRON 1996).
Hexane has a branched structure and n-hexane has an unbranched structure. The results in hexane having a lower boiling point and n-hexane having a higher boiling point when compared to each other.
n-Hexane