Assertion: benzene | /r/ObjectUse | used as a starting material
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
value: extensively
type: DEGREE
value: in gasoline
type: LOCATION
value: for other chemicals
type: PURPOSE
value: as a gasoline additive
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It is used mainly as a starting material in making other chemicals, including plastics, lubricants, rubbers, dyes, detergents, drugs, and pesticides.
text: Present in crude oil, gasoline, and cigarette smoke, benzene was once commonly used as an industrial solvent and gasoline additive but is now mainly used as a starter material for other chemicals.
text: It is used primarily as a solvent in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, as a starting material and an intermediate in the synthesis of numerous chemicals, and in gasoline.
text: It is used primarily as a solvent in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, as a starting material and an intermediate in the synthesis of numerous chemicals including plastics, lubricants, rubbers, dyes, detergents, drugs, and pesticides.
text: It is used extensively as a solvent in the chemical and drug industries, as a starting material and intermediate in the production of numerous chemicals, including plastics, rubber, elastomers, phenol, acetone, and nylon, and as a gasoline additive.