[mylife]

It apppears that the Freeport facility is manufacturing polymers primarily. Any chemical engineers out there that can tell us what can be done with the stuff?

[freebilly]

Polymers are molecules that are connected in repeating chains. They form lots and lots of substances (e.g. polyethylene, nylon, paints, adhesives).

Other than this, my knowledge of polymers was limited to working with emulsifiers in the adhesives industry (I was a donkey in a factory at a tender age).

[freebilly]

Now if the guard didn't accidentally shoot himself and concoct this story, a terrorist would probably be more interested in the components making up the polymers than the polymers themselves.

He was confronted in sight of the ammonia tank. Ammonia is very very nasssssssty stuff.

[Nita Nupress]

The BASF plant in Freeport stores high levels of both ammonia and formaldahyde. I wouldn't dare post the source of this information, as the list contains the top 100 sites in the country.

[WFTR]

It apppears that the Freeport facility is manufacturing polymers primarily. Any chemical engineers out there that can tell us what can be done with the stuff?

It depends on which polymers

[txtiger]

BASF manufactures a number of things at this facility, including Nylon 6, acrylic acid, and I believe acetic acid. The ammonia is brought in by barge and pipeline, but is not manufactured there.