A substance, such asthiol that is added to a substance to give it a detectable odor.  When you smell a gas leak, you are actually smelling the odorant added to it, as gas itself is odorless and therefore not easily detected.

A class of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having one or more double bonds. Created by thermal cracking of naphtha or gas fractions. Examples: ethylene, propylene.

A low molecular weight polymer molecule formed by reacting a monomer with a catalyst.  Oligomers consist of relatively few monomer units (dimer, trimer, tetramer, and up to about twelve) as compared with polymers. See alpha olefins.

Organic compounds comprised of one or more a metals attached directly to at least one carbon atom.

Organosol

A mixture of polymer and plasticizer used for molding, such as PVC (polyvinyl chloride). 

Includes functionalized mercaptans, sulfides, disulfides, polysulfides, methanesulfonic acid, methanesulfonyl chloride, and sulfolane.  Has a wide array of uses such as poultry feed, agricultural materials, and polymer property control.

A.k.a. o-xylene, 2-methyltoluene, 1,2-dimethylbenzene, or OX.  An isomer of xylene. Chevron Phillips Chemical produces high purity o-xylene at its plant in Borger, TX.

A.k.a. OSP™. Used in rigid or flexible food and beverage packaging, oxygen scavenging polymers are a new solution for items requiring a low oxygen environment. Chevron Phillips Chemical’s breakthrough OSP™ technology works to extend product shelf life, leading to less waste and greater distribution flexibility.