The word “chemical” you will agree with me cuts across every facet of our manufacturing sector in such a way that there is no how our industries can continue in business without its proper applications. It is therefore a very sound and reasonable argument to insist that the relevance of chemistry to manufacturing industries cannot be discarded with ordinary wave of hand because of the enormous contributions of its products, in which unavailability of any kind can result in total collapse of all commercial activities. For instance, Polyetheretherketone that is also shortened as PEEK is an important chemical raw material and precursor for vital engineering thermoplastic applications.

From my personal projections, I see that a lot of things will eventually be in place very soon in our industries as a result of chains of researches in synthetic organic chemistry. Even with only the availability of synthetic polymers like Polyetheretherketone and others in engineering industry, there is no doubt about the confirmed possibility of a very interesting future. From all indications, the construction industry is to certain extent dependent on polymer chemistry as the chief supplier of raw materials. Big kudos to the field of applied chemistry for this notable achievement.

The most satisfying of all is the confidence we have had and we still have up till now towards Polyetheretherketone as a potent raw material for engineering constructions. It is therefore important to make sure that everyone has the basic knowledge of these important polymers and their unrivalled contributions to our industry. I do not think we should only be stuck with our chosen profession alone. I think it is hightime we changed our views towards acquiring knowledge on other areas outside our main specification. Chemistry in general is a very interesting subject with rich practical applications that make a complete sense a reality.

Ever since the time when it was formed, chemical industry has provided necessary and basic materials for various industrial sectors. The historical mission of chemical industry was just to be an assistant of the Industrial Revolution during each period.

During the Industry Revolution in 18th to 19th century, the handicraft production was changed into machine production, the steam engine was invented, and the socialized production began. It was at this time that the modern chemical industry was born. Faced with the urgent need of the Industrial Revolution, many new chemical technologies emerged as the times required, which solved the needs of many industrial sectors such as textile, glass, soap and so on. As the same time, along with the rise of iron industry and charcoal refining industry, the organic chemical industry was also developed. Synthetic dyes, chemical synthetic drugs and synthetic fragrances came into being one after another. What’s more, rubber tires, celluloid and cellulose nitrate were also put into production. As a result, the early chemical industry provided necessary raw materials and auxiliary products for the textile industry, transportation industry, power industry and machine manufacturing, which contributed to the success of the Industrial Revolution.

After the two world wars in the 20th century, some new technologies emerged in oil refining industry, such as catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, and so on, which greatly increased the production of steam, coal, diesel oil and lubricating oil. Especially, since the success in the splitting decomposition of hydrocarbon for the production of ethylene and propylene, the basic organic chemical production has been established on the solid technological basis of the petrochemical industry. As a result, it was able to provide a large amount of organic raw materials, solvents, additives for various industrial sectors. Since then, people often take the splitting capacity of hydrocarbon for the production of ethylene as a national symbol of the development of productive force in petrochemical industry.

On the other hand, as the high-pressure and high-temperature technology in synthesis ammonia has been realized in industry, and the nitric acid has been put into production, so a lot of nitrification materials have appeared. The development of explosive industry was especially rapid. Ever since the emerging of chemical industry, the energy of explosives has increased by more than ten times than before. This not only solved the urgent need of the war, more importantly, it was widely applied in the mines, railways, bridges and other civilian blasting projects.