an introduction to Industrial Chemistry
The importance of industrial chemistry Chemistry is a challenging and interesting subject for academic study. Its principles and ideas are used to produce the chemicals from which all manner of materials and eventually consumer products are manufactured. The diversity of examples is enormous, rangin...
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New York, NY
Springer US
1991, 1991
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Table of Contents:
- 8.3 Economics of pollution control
- 8.4 Industrial health and hygiene
- 8.5 Legislation
- 8.6 Environmental topics
- References
- 9 Chlor-alkali products
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Uses of chlorine
- 9.3 Uses of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)
- 9.4 Uses of hydrogen
- 9.5 Types of cell
- 9.6 Future developments
- 10 Catalysts and catalysis
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Definitions and constraints
- 10.3 Thermodynamic relationships
- 10.4 Homogeneous catalysis
- 10.5 Heterogenization of homogeneous catalytic systems
- 10.6 Heterogeneous catalysis
- 10.7 Applications and mechanisms
- 10.8 The future
- References
- 11 Petrochemicals
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Crude oil, gas and refinery operations
- 11.3 Lower olefins (alkenes) and acetylene (ethyne)
- 11.4 Synthesis gas, ammonia and methanol
- 11.5 Acetic (ethanoic) acid and anhydride
- 11.6 C1 products
- 11.7 C2 products
- 11.8 C3 products
- 11.9 C4 products
- 11.10 C5 aliphatics
- 11.11 Aromatics
- 4.6 Sources of finance
- 4.7 Multinationals
- References
- 5 Technological economics
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Cost of producing a chemical
- 5.3 Variable costs
- 5.4 Fixed costs
- 5.5 Direct, indirect and capital related costs
- 5.6 Profit
- 5.7 Effects of scale of operation
- 5.8 Effect of low rate operation
- 5.9 Diminishing return
- 5.10 Absorption costing and marginality
- 5.11 Measuring profitability
- 5.12 Time value of money
- 5.13 Project evaluation
- 5.14 Conclusion
- Appendix (D.C.F. calculations)
- References
- 6 Chemical engineering
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Material balances
- 6.3 Energy balances
- 6.4 Fluid flow
- 6.5 Heat transfer
- 6.7 Process control
- References
- 7 Energy
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Types of energy
- 7.3 Use of energy in the chemical industry
- 7.4 Efficient utilization of energy
- 7.5 Conclusions.-References
- 8 Environmental pollution control
- 8.1 Technology and pollution
- 8.2 Methods of pollution control
- 11.12 Nylon intermediates
- 11.13 The future
- References
- Periodical special issues and supplements
- Editorial introduction
- General bibliography
- References
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Characteristics of the industry
- 1.2 Scale of operations
- 1.3 Major chemical producing countries
- 1.4 Major sectors and their products
- 1.5 Turning chemicals into useful end products
- 1.6 Environmental issues
- 2 Sources of chemicals
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Sources of organic chemicals
- 2.3 Sources of inorganic chemicals
- 2.4 Recycling of materials
- References
- 3 The world’s major chemical industries
- 3.1 History and development of the chemical industry
- 3.2 The chemical industry today
- 3.3 The United Kingdom chemical industry
- 3.4 The U.S. chemical industry
- 3.5 Other chemical industries
- 3.6 World’s major chemical companies
- 3.7 General characteristics and future of the chemical industry
- 4 Organization and finance
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Structure of a company
- 4.3 Organization of R&D
- 4.4 Production organization
- 4.5 Marketing