REFERENCE SECTION: USES of INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS
Chemical and Engineering News, a publication of the American Chemical 
Society, provides annual rankings of the top 50 industrial chemicals
produced in the United States; 12 of the top 18 are inorganic, whereas 
the remaining 6 are organic.* A notable absence from these rankings is 
dihydrogen; although produced in vast quantities, this gas is usually 
used in the industrial plant where it is generated.

Complete the Table below, which summarizes the principal uses of the 
top 13 industrial inorganic chemicals produced, by inserting the name
of the correct chemical from this list: Ammonia; Ammonium nitrate; 
Carbon dioxide; Dichlorine; Dihydrogen; Dinitrogen; Dioxygen; Lime 
(Calcium oxide and Calcium hydroxide); Nitric acid; Phosphoric acid; 
Sodium carbonate; Sodium hydroxide; Sulfuric acid.

REFERENCE SECTION: MANUFACTURE of INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS
Complete the Table below, which summarises the manufacture of the top
industrial inorganic chemicals produced, by inserting the name of the
correct process from this list: combustion; cracking; dehydrogenation;
electrolysis; filtration; fractional distillation; neutralization; 
oxidation; reduction; thermal decomposition.

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