Aniline (benzenamine): Sources of emissions
Industry sources
Effluents from oil shale recovery and oil refiners, and from chemical and coal conversion plants.
Diffuse sources, and industry sources included in diffuse emissions data
Cigarette smoke. Agricultural uses of products containing or made from aniline.
Natural sources
It occurs naturally in some foods (for example, in corn, grains, beans, and tea), and in coal tars.
Transport sources
No mobile sources.
Consumer products
Aniline is predominantly used as a chemical intermediate for the dye, agricultural, polymer, and rubber industries. As such, there are few products directly containing aniline. Nevertheless, aniline is used as a solvent, and has been used as an antiknock compound for petrol.
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