Mineral Based Industries: Electronics and Petrochemical Flashcards
What are the three Organizations for Electronics?
What are the 3 other fields for Electronics
- Indian Telephone Industries
- The electronics Corporation of India
- The Bharat Electronics Ltd.
- Space Technology
- Software Industry
- Television and Audio
Places of ITI:
7 manufucturing Units: 2 at Bangalore Srinagar Palakkad Naini Mnakapur Rae Bareli
Places of Space Technology:
ISRO in bangalore
Satellite Launching Station at Sri Harikota
National Remote sensing agency at Hyderabad
Places of Software Industry:
Bangalore and Hyderabad
Places of Television and Audio Industry:
Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Pune
What are the 4 Production Units:
- Herdillia Chemicals Ltd
- Indian Petrochemical Limited
- The reliance Industries
- Indian Oil Corporation
Herdillia Chemicals Limited:
- Chennai, Tamil NADU
- Manufuctures heavy organic chemicals: Phenol, Acetone, Diacetone, Alcohols
By-Products, Co-Products and Derivatives
Indian Petrochemcial Limited
Jawaharnagar Near Vadodara
Polymers and Fibres
Synthetic Organic Chemicals
Reliance Industries:
Hazira in Gujarat
Indian Oil Corporation:
Gujarat and Panipat 3 world class mega: CAB Plant (Linear Alkyl Benzene) ---> Gujarat PX/PTA Plant (Paraxylene) ---> Panipat Naphta Cracker Plant ----> Panipat
General Uses of Petrochemicals:
- Synthetic:
- Fibres
- Rubber
- Plastics
- Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals
- Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
- Dye Stuffs
Uses of Perochemicals in agri and other specifics:
- Fertilizers and Insecticides
- Resins, Adhesives for Industries
- Plastic Sheets and foams
- Carbon black —> Printing inks, paints
Location of Petrochemical Industryy:
Near Oil Refiniry
Basic Requirement:
1. Napthra or Ethylene
2. Benzne
Advantages of petrochemicals:
- Cost Effective
- Economically Stable
- Cheaper
- Mass Scale
- Raw Materials
- Easily Available
- Not Dependent on Agriculture (jute)
- Hence, Traditional Raw Materials are being replaced
Facts on ITI
Indian Telephone Industries
1. First government undertaking —> 1950
In Bangalore