Chemical engineering materials are the abbreviation of engineering materials required for the construction of chemical plants, which are used to form chemical machinery, chemical instruments, pipelines and structures of chemical production plants. Therefore, chemical materials should not only have general engineering material properties, but also have special properties such as corrosion resistance, high or low temperature resistance, heat conduction or heat insulation according to different uses and use conditions.

Chemical materials are divided into metal materials and non-metallic materials. Metallic materials include ferrous and non-ferrous materials; Non metallic materials include: plastics, rubber, glass, ceramics, high-performance fibers, degradable materials, functional membrane materials, functional polymer materials and composites.

What are the global chemical powers?

The main innovators of the new chemical materials industry are developed countries and regions such as the United States, Japan and Europe, which have the vast majority of large transnational corporations. The United States is the overall leader; Japan has advantages in nano materials, electronic information materials and other fields; Europe has advantages in structural materials, optical and photoelectric materials, etc; Russia has advantages in aerospace materials.