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1. The location of Heavy IndustriesIt used to be said that the amount of sulfuric acid a country produced was a good measure of the economic strength of the country (see 2. Sulfuric acid – an indicator of the state of the economy in "Utilization" at the foot of this page). This is because sulfuric acid is the world"s largest bulk chemical and is involved in many different industrial processes. However this statement...