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IRAN - Razi Chemical Complex.


Located at Bandar Imam Bandar Imam Khomeini (Persian بندرامام خمینی) is a port city on the Persian Gulf in Khuzestan province, Iran. Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, it was known as Bandar Shahpur.  (Khomeini) and originally a JV between NPC 1. (complexity) NPC - NP-complete.
2. (architecture) NPC - Next Program Counter.
 (67%) and Allied Chemical (33%), the Razi Petrochemical Co. became a fully-owned NPC subsidiary on Jan. 1, 1973. The plant came on stream in 1970 and was expanded in 1974. Its seven units can produce the following (design capacities in '000 t/y):
-  Sulphur                     610
-  Ammonia                     660
-  Urea                        726
-  Ammonium phosphate          217
-  Sulphuric acid            1,069
-  Phosphoric acid             264
-  Ammonium monophosphate      185


The complex was damaged during the war with Iraq. It resumed operations in 1989, when it exported 260,000 tons of sulphur and 72,000 tons of ammonia. In March 1991 a 250,000 t/y diammonium phosphate Diammonium phosphate (DAP) (chemical formula (NH4)2HPO4 ) is one of a series of water-soluble ammonium phosphate salts which can be produced when ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid. DAP is used as a fertilizer and a fire retardant.  (DAP) plant started up near the complex to supply Razi with ammonia, phosphoric acid phosphoric acid, any one of three chemical compounds made up of phosphorus, oxygen, and hydrogen (see acids and bases). The most common, orthophosphoric acid, H3PO4, is usually simply called phosphoric acid.  and sulphuric acid.
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Publication:APS Review Downstream Trends
Geographic Code:7IRAN
Date:Apr 12, 1999
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