<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the downstream industry has good prospects and is good for the development of the lauric acid industry</h1>
#Lauric acid #Lauric acid, also known as dodecanic acid, dodecanoic acid, the molecular formula is C12H24O2, the appearance is a white needle-like crystal, slightly laurel oil fragrance. Lauric acid is a saturated fatty acid, stable at room temperature and pressure, can be burned in case of open flame or high heat, non-toxic, but discharged into the environment can cause harm, insoluble in water, soluble in methanol, ether, chloroform and other organic solvents, slightly soluble in acetone, petroleum ether and the like.
Lauric acid can be prepared by the separation of natural vegetable oils or synthetic fatty acids, in the industrial field, the main preparation method is to take natural vegetable oils and fats as raw materials, add catalysts under high temperature and pressure conditions, and be prepared by hydrolysis reaction and distillation. The natural vegetable oils that can be used to prepare lauric acid mainly include coconut oil, palm kernel oil, oil palm seed oil, mountain cane seed oil, pepper kernel oil, etc. The lauric acid content in lauric acid is very small, only less than 3%, and it is basically not used as a raw material for the preparation of lauric acid.
Lauric acid belongs to saturated fatty acids, but its cardiovascular disease pathogenic risk is lower than other saturated fatty acids, can be used for the production of food additives, such as methyl laurate, ethyl laurate, etc., used in food processing field; lauric acid is a typical biparone molecule, can be used as a surfactant, and its skin irritation is small, can be used to manufacture daily washing products, such as shampoo, shower gel, etc.; lauric acid can also be used as a chemical raw material and synthetic intermediates, for the production of dodecanedritamine, octadecyl dimethyl tertiary amine and other chemicals, As well as the manufacture of wetting agents, pesticides, lubricants, stabilizers and other products, used in alkyd resins, chemical fibers, lubricants and other industries.
According to the "2020-2022 China Lauric Acid Industry Comprehensive Market Research and Investment Analysis Report" released by the New Thinking Industry Research Center, washing products are an important application field of lauric acid. From 2015 to 2019, the average annual compound growth rate of retail sales of daily chemical products in China was 7.9%, and the retail sales in 2019 were about 425 billion yuan, of which the share of personal care products such as shampoo, shower gel, hand sanitizer and so on accounted for 16%, and the retail sales in 2019 were about 68 billion yuan. The audience of personal care products is wide, the market penetration rate is high, and China's demand maintains a stable growth trend, which is conducive to the development of the lauric acid industry.
China's lauric acid production enterprises mainly include Jiangsu Haiqi Great Wall Co., Ltd., Tianjin Taixing Chemical Co., Ltd., Beijing Yili Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Jinan Huifengda Chemical Co., Ltd., Henan Dingxin Chemical Products Co., Ltd., Nantong Runfeng Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Zhenqiang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and so on.
New Thinking industry analysts said that lauric acid can be applied to a wide range of applications, and washing products are its important application market. In 2020, the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the public demand for hand sanitizer and other supplies is growing rapidly, it is expected that the growth rate of China's personal care products market will accelerate in 2020, and the development of the lauric acid industry is expected to benefit. In addition, the downstream products of lauric acid, such as methyl laurate, ethyl laurate, etc., are allowed to be used in food additives and daily chemical fragrances, and the market space is constantly expanding. It can be seen that the development prospects of China's lauric acid industry are good.