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Germany, the United States, and China are the leading exporters of hexadecane, collectively accounting for over 45% of global exports in 2023–2024, while India, South Korea, and Brazil represent the largest importers. Hexadecane prices have remained relatively stable amid moderate demand growth from specialty chemical and fuel additive applications. Export volumes from Germany and the U.S. have held steady since 2022, whereas Indian imports rose by ~12% year-on-year in 2024, signaling expanding domestic downstream usage.
Hexadecane is a colorless, odorless liquid at room temperature with low volatility, a melting point of 18 °C, and a boiling point of 287 °C. It is a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (alkane) and a member of the n-alkane series. Hexadecane serves primarily as a reference standard in gas chromatography and as a model compound in combustion and fuel research. It is used industrially as a solvent and diluent in specialty applications, including calibration standards for hydrocarbon analysis and formulation components in lubricants and waxes. Its main application areas include petrochemical testing, fuel additive development, and analytical chemistry.
Hexadecane is a component of gasoline, and is used as asolvent, organic intermediate, ignition standard for dieselfuels, and as stock for hydrocracking processes.
colourless liquid
This chemical is included in Energy. See more about what is Hexadecane and Hexadecane SDS information.
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