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Progress in Maleic Anhydride Production

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Maleic anhydride (furan-2,5-dione) is a key component to an incredibly diverse group of chemistries and commercial applications. The ability of maleic anhydride to achieve such great diversity is a direct result of the maleic anhydride’s industrial complex capacity to develop economical production routes in the face of ever-increasing governmental scrutiny, fierce pricing pressures, and tremendous technical requirements (at significant volumes) coupled to high demand for quality fundamental product properties.

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The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Frank Fusiak, Larry Lake, Jude Ruszkay and Laurence Senak, all of Ashland, Inc., and Professor Robert D. Pike, of The College of William and Mary, for their many helpful conversations/suggestions and thorough review of the manuscript prior to publication.

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Hood, D.K., Musa, O.M. (2016). Progress in Maleic Anhydride Production. In: Musa, O. (eds) Handbook of Maleic Anhydride Based Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29454-4_1

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