These are useful in chemistry, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and other lab setups or industries mainly to dissolve the solutes. Most of these are highly flammable and must be stored in fire safety cabinets or its equivalent with full care. These are also hazardous to human body parts (eye and skin etc.) and must be handled very carefully. These chemicals include a catalogue of acids and solvents that are used in batteries, anti-freeze and wood paints amongst others. Large range of chemicals that are used as refrigerant, fumigant, adhesives, laminates, coatings, mouldings etc are also covered.

SPECIALITY CHEMICALS –
Speciality chemicals are low volume, high value chemicals which are targeted towards specific end-use applications. They are used based on their function or performance, hence also known as performance chemicals. They are valuable for research in chemical industries. Adhesives, agrichemicals, fragrances, construction chemicals, elastomers, food additives, industrial gases, cleaning materials, cosmetic additives, lubricants, polymers and surfactants are some of the types of speciality chemicals available. It is observed that most of the speciality chemicals are organic in nature and found in a wide range of daily products. Alkoxy dinitrile, copper oxine, ferrocine carboxylic acid, phthalodinitrile, potassium phthalimide, silico tungstic acid, trimethylamine HCl and ultragreen A are some of the speciality chemicals. Agrochemicals are used for manufacturing insecticides and pesticides. Fragrances, cosmetic additives are sought after in the personal care domain. Dyes, pigments and lubricants form an indispensable part of the paint and chemical industries. Surfactants fall in the category of water chemicals and are used as detergents.