Hydrobromic acid production capacity is highly concentrated and China’s production capacity is constantly improving

From the perspective of production capacity distribution, my country’s hydrobromic acid production capacity is highly concentrated, with the combined production capacity of Shandong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu accounting for 80%. From the perspective of preparation process, hydrobromic acid preparation processes include red phosphorus method, sulfur dioxide method, chemical method, substitution method and acid method, among which the red phosphorus method is the most common in the industrial field. Hydrobromic acid has a wide range of downstream applications and huge market demand. In recent years, thanks to my country’s economic growth and optimization of production processes, my country’s hydrobromic acid production capacity has been continuously improved.

Hydrobromic acid is a compound of bromine and hydrogen. It appears as a colorless, transparent to light yellow fuming liquid with a pungent odor. Hydrobromic acid is a strong acid, highly corrosive and toxic, and can react with all metals except platinum, gold, and tantalum to form metal bromides. Hydrobromic acid is easily soluble in water and soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, acetic acid, chlorobenzene, diethoxymethane, etc. Hydrobromic acid is non-flammable, but there is a risk of explosion if exposed to high heat in a closed container.

According to the “2021-2025 Hydrobromic Acid Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospect Forecast Analysis Report released by the Industrial Research Center, There are a large number of hydrobromic acid manufacturers. In the international market, hydrobromic acid manufacturers mainly include Israel Chemical Group, Tosoh of Japan, Chemtura of the United States, Albemarle Chemical of the United States, and Tata Chemicals of India. my country is a major producer of hydrobromic acid in the world. In the domestic market, the largest hydrobromic acid production companies include Shandong Neptune Chemical, Weifang Longwei Industrial, Shandong Tianxin Chemical, Shandong Tianyi Chemical Co., Ltd., among which Shandong Neptune Chemical is A leading enterprise in my country’s hydrobromic acid market.

Shandong Neptune Chemical is a comprehensive private enterprise led by salt bromine chemicals. The company’s main products are raw salt, bromine, hydrobromic acid, tetrabromobisphenol A, decabromodiphenyl ether, etc. In 2021, Shandong Neptune Chemical plans to build a project with an annual output of 198,000 tons of new flame retardants and by-product hydrobromic acid and hydrochloric acid. Among them, the new hydrobromic acid production capacity will be close to 73,000 tons/year. The project construction location is Binhai Chemical Industry in Weifang, Shandong garden.

Hydrobromic acid is an important inorganic chemical raw material. It can be used as an intermediate, catalyst, solvent, chemical reagent, separating agent, reducing agent, etc. in the fields of medicine, dyes, spices, metallurgy, chemical industry, etc. In the pharmaceutical field, hydrobromic acid can be used to synthesize sedatives, anesthetics and other products; in the chemical industry, hydrobromic acid is used to manufacture inorganic bromides such as sodium bromide, calcium bromide, potassium bromide, and alkyl bromides such as methyl bromide and ethyl bromide. The basic raw material of chemical compounds; in the field of metallurgy, hydrobromic acid can be used to refine high-purity metals.

Industry analysts said that hydrobromic acid is an important inorganic chemical raw material, and its downstream application fields involve chemical industry, medicine, metallurgy, and dyes. In many fields, in recent years, with the continuous release of market demand, my country’s hydrobromic acid production capacity has gradually increased. At this stage, my country has become the world’s largest producer of hydrobromic acid. Hydrobromic acid production capacity is highly concentrated. As relevant planned and under-construction projects come into operation, the scale of my country’s hydrobromic acid industry will further expand.