SIC Industry Description

Industry: 2819—Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in mining, milling, or otherwise preparing natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds (other than common salt) are classified in Industry 1474. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing household bleaches are classified in Industry 2842; those manufacturing phosphoric acid are classified in Industry 2874; and those manufacturing nitric acid, anhydrous ammonia, and other nitrogenous fertilizer materials are classified in Industry 2873.

Activated carbon and charcoalMixed acid
Alkali metalsMuriate of potash, not produced at mines
AluminaNickel ammonium sulfate
Aluminum chlorideNickel carbonate
Aluminum compoundsNickel compounds, inorganic
Aluminum hydroxide (alumina trihydrate)Nickel sulfate
Aluminum oxideNuclear cores, inorganic
Aluminum sulfateNuclear fuel reactor cores, inorganic
AlumsNuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
Ammonia alumOleum (fuming sulfuric acid)
Ammonium chloride, hydroxide, and molybdateOxidation catalyst made from porcelain
Ammonium compounds, except for fertilizerPerchloric acid
Ammonium perchloratePeroxides, inorganic
Ammonium thiosulfatePhosphates, except defluorinated and ammoniated
Barium compoundsPhosphorus and phosphorus oxychloride
Bauxite, refinedPotash alum
Beryllium oxidePotassium aluminum sulfate
Bleach (calcium hypochlorite), industrialPotassium bichromate and chromate
Bleach (sodium hypochlorite), industrialPotassium bromide
Bleaches, industrialPotassium chlorate
Bleaching powder, industrialPotassium chloride
Borax (sodium tetraborate)Potassium compounds, inorganic: except potassium hydroxide and carbonate
Boric acidPotassium cyanide
Boron compounds, not produced at minesPotassium hypochlorate
BorosilicatePotassium iodide
BrinePotassium metal
Bromine, elementalPotassium nitrate and sulfate
Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochloritePotassium permanganate
Calcium compounds, inorganicPropellants for missiles, solid: inorganic
Calcium metalRadium chloride
CarbideRadium luminous compounds
Catalysts, chemicalRare earth metal salts
Cerium saltsReagent grade chemicals, inorganic: refined from technical grades
Cesium metalRubidium metal
Charcoal, activatedSalt cake (sodium sulfate)
Chlorosulfonic acidSalts of rare earth metals
Chromates and bichromatesScandium
Chromic acidSilica gel
Chromium compounds, inorganicSilica, amorphous
Chromium saltsSilico-fluorides
Cobalt 60 (radioactive)Silver bromide, chloride, and nitrate
Cobalt chlorideSilver compounds, inorganic
Cobalt sulfateSoda alum
Copper chlorideSodium aluminate
Copper iodide and oxideSodium aluminum sulfate
Copper sulfateSodium antimoniate
CyanidesSodium arsenite, technical
Desiccants, activated: silica gelSodium bichromate and chromate
DichromatesSodium borates
Ferric chlorideSodium borohydride
Ferric oxides, except pigmentsSodium bromide, not produced at mines
FerrocyanidesSodium chlorate
Fissionable material productionSodium compounds, inorganic
Fluorine, elementalSodium cyanide
Fuel propellants, solid: inorganicSodium hydrosulfite
Fuels, high energy: inorganicSodium molybdate
Glauber's saltSodium perborate
Heavy waterSodium peroxide
High purity grade chemicals, inorganic: refined from technical gradesSodium phosphate
Hydrated alumina silicate powderSodium polyphosphate
HydrazineSodium silicate
Hydrochloric acidSodium silicofluoride
Hydrocyanic acidSodium stannate
Hydrofluoric acidSodium sulfate-bulk or tablets
Hydrogen peroxideSodium tetraborate not produced at mines
Hydrogen sulfideSodium thiosulfate
HydrosulfitesSodium tungstate
HypophosphitesSodium uranate
Indium chlorideSodium, metallic
Inorganic acids, except nitric or phosphoricStannic and stannous chloride
IodidesStrontium carbonate precipitated and oxide
Iodine elementalStrontium nitrate
Iodine, resublimedSublimate corrosive
Iron sulphateSulfate of potash and potash magnesia, not produced at mines
Isotopes, radioactiveSulfides and sulfites
Laboratory chemicals, inorganicSulfocyanides
Lead oxides, other than pigmentsSulfur chloride
Lead silicateSulfur dioxide
Lime bleaching compoundsSulfur hexafluoride gas
Lithium compoundsSulfur recovered or refined including from sour natural gas
Lithium metalSulfuric acid
Luminous compounds, radiumTanning agents synthetic inorganic
Magnesium carbonateThiocyanates, inorganic
Magnesium chlorideTin chloride
Magnesium compounds, inorganicTin compounds, inorganic
Manganese dioxide powder, syntheticTin oxide
Mercury chlorides (calomel, corrosive sublimate), except U.S.P.Tin salts
Mercury compounds, inorganicTungsten carbide powder except abrasives or by metallurgical process
Mercury oxidesUranium slug, radioactive
Mercury, redistilledWater glass
Metals, liquidZinc chloride
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
2819Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Nec3,101
281900Industrial inorganic chemicals, nec1,797
28190000Industrial inorganic chemicals, nec1,797
281901Elements479
28190100Elements445
28190101Alkali metals: lithium, cesium, francium, rubidium13
28190102Alkali metals: sodium, potassium0
28190103Bromine, elemental7
28190104Calcium metal0
28190105Fluorine, elemental2
28190106Iodine, elemental11
28190107Phosphorus, elemental1
281902Inorganic acids except nitric and phosphoric54
28190200Inorganic acids except nitric and phosphoric13
28190201Boric acid3
28190204Hydrochloric acid11
28190205Hydrocyanic acid0
28190207Sulfuric acid, oleum26
281903Aluminum compounds56
28190300Aluminum compounds25
28190301Aluminum chloride5
28190302Aluminum oxide4
28190303Aluminum sulfate19
28190304Bauxite, refined3
281904Sodium & potassium compounds, exc. bleaches, alkalies, alum.48
28190400Sodium & potassium compounds, exc. bleaches, alkalies, alum.5
28190401Brine16
28190403Potassium compounds or salts, except hydroxide or carbonate3
28190404Potasssium chloride and cyanide0
28190405Potasssium nitrate and sulfate4
28190406Sodium compounds or salts, inorg., ex. refined sod. chloride9
28190407Sodium hyposulfite, sodium hydrosulfite7
28190408Sodium silicate, water glass2
28190409Sodium sulfate, glauber's salt, salt cake1
28190410Sodium sulfides1
281905Alums11
28190500Alums7
28190501Potash alum4
281906Fuels and radioactive compounds38
28190600Fuels and radioactive compounds2
28190601Cobalt 60 (radioactive)0
28190602Fuel propellants, solid: inorganic3
28190603Hydrazine0
28190604Isotopes, radioactive8
28190605Nuclear fuel and cores, inorganic12
28190606Nuclear fuel scrap, reprocessing3
28190607Nuclear fuels, uranium slug (radioactive)8
281907Carbides99
28190700Carbides84
28190701Calcium carbide9
28190702Tungsten carbide powder, except abrasive or metallurgical6
281908Silica compounds22
28190800Silica compounds17
28190801Silica gel2
28190802Silica, amorphous2
281909Metal salts and compounds except sodium, potassium, aluminum100
28190900Metal salts and compounds except sodium, potassium, aluminum6
28190901Barium compounds1
28190902Calcium chloride and hypochlorite4
28190903Calcium compounds and salts, inorganic, nec18
28190904Chromates and bichromates1
28190905Chromium compounds or salts, inorganic0
28190906Cobalt compounds and salts, inorganic0
28190907Copper compounds or salts, inorganic8
28190908Inorganic metal compounds or salts, nec10
28190909Iron (ferric/ferrous) compounds or salts3
28190910Lead compounds or salts, inorganic, not used in pigments6
28190911Lithium compounds, inorganic15
28190912Magnesium compounds or salts, inorganic13
28190913Manganese dioxide powder, synthetic1
28190917Mercury, redistilled4
28190918Nickel compounds or salts, inorganic3
28190919Silver compounds or salts, inorganic2
28190921Tin (stannic/stannous) compounds or salts, inorganic3
28190922Zinc chloride2
281910Nonmetallic compounds121
28191000Nonmetallic compounds13
28191001Bleaching powder, lime bleaching compounds1
28191002Boron compounds, nec, not from mines5
28191003Charcoal (carbon), activated47
28191004Cyanides2
28191005Heavy water6
28191006Hydrogen sulfide3
28191008Hypophosphites0
28191009Iodides, nec1
28191010Peroxides, hydrogen peroxide10
28191011Phosphates, except fertilizers: defluorinated and ammoniated6
28191012Sulfur chloride5
28191013Sulfur dioxide0
28191015Sulfur, recovered or refined, incl. from sour natural gas21
281911Ammonium salts and compounds5
28191100Ammonium salts and compounds1
28191101Ammonium chloride, hydroxide, and molybdate1
28191102Ammonium compounds, except fertilizers, nec3
281999Industrial inorganic chemicals, nec, nec271
28199901Catalysts, chemical126
28199902Chemicals, high purity: refined from technical grade88
28199903Chemicals, reagent grade: refined from technical grade50
28199904Tanning agents, synthetic inorganic7