Sulfuric acid is the most widely produced chemical in the world. It’s used to make fertilizers, metals, batteries, paper, pigments, and countless other products. The Persian Gulf is a key source of the sulfur used to make sulfuric acid. But now the war in Iran is causing chaos in the flow of sulfur, threatening to increase prices across the economy.
Matt Blois is a food, ag, and cleantech reporter at C&EN.
