Actress Natasha Richardson Dies After Head Injury While Skiing. Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award-winning British actress, died Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan where she had been transported from SacrÃ© Coeur Hospital in Montreal. Richardson received head trauma in a fall in a beginners' area known as the flats at Mont Tremblant, Canada Monday.
Alkenes: Industrial Importance. Alkenes find many diverse applications in industry. They are used as starting materials in the syntheses of alcohols, plastics, laquers, detergents, and fuels.The most important alkenes for the chemical industry are ethene, propene and 1,3-butadiene.Ethene is the most important organic feedstock in the chemical industry.lkenes: Industrial Importance. Alkenes find many diverse applications in industry. They are used as starting materials in the syntheses of alcohols, plastics, laquers, detergents, and fuels.
The alkane is brought into contact with the catalyst at a temperature of about 500Â°C and moderately low pressures. The zeolites used in catalytic cracking are chosen to give high percentages of hydrocarbons with between 5 and 10 carbon atoms-particularly useful for petrol (gasoline).It also produces high proportions of branched alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons like benzene.ote: If you are interested in other examples of catalysis in the petrochemical industry, you should follow this link. It will lead you to information on reforming and isomerisation (as well as a repeat of what you have just read about catalytic cracking).