Written by more than 40 world renowned authorities in the field, this reference presents information on plant design, significant chemical reactions, and processing operations in industrial use - offering shortcut calculation methods wherever possible.
Preface
Contributors
Conversion to SI Units
Bringing Costs up to Date
Chemicals from Natural Gas
Duffer B. Crawford, Charles A. Durr, James A. Finneran, and William Turner
Chemicals from Petroleum
J.L. James and D. Shore
Gas Processing
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Alkylation
G. Stefanidakis and J.E. Gwyn
Animation
Lewis F. Hatch
Bromination and Bromine Compounds
David W. Bunch and Kestutis A. Keblys
Catalysis and Catalysts
A.G. Oblad, S.K. Goyal, R. Ramakrishnan, and S. Sunder
Precious Metals Catalysis
Robert J. Farrauto and Ronald M. Heck
Chlorination, Liquid Phase and Vapor Phase
Roberto Lee and Alice O. Lee
Chlorinated Solvents
J.I. Jordan, Jr.
Chloroethanes
J.I. Jordan, Jr.
Chlorohydrins
C.E. Rowe
Chloromethanes
E.M. DeForest
Chlorobenzene and Dichlorobenzene
B.E. Kurtz and E.W. Smalley
Chlorolysis, Carbon Tetrachloride from Hydrocarbon Waste
D. Rebhan
Clathrates and Other Inclusion Compounds
Everett J. Fuller
Dehydrogenation
Harvey H. Voge
Deionization
W.F. Mchllhenny
Electrochemical Engineering: Theory
Francis M. Donahue
Electrochemical Process Design and Operation
Ronald L. Dotson
Enzyme Processing
V. Vankatasubramanian and W.R. Vieth
Esterification
Robert M. Simons
Fisher- Tropsch Synthesis
Bernd Bussemeier, Carl Dieter Frohning and Boy Cornils
Hydrogenation Catalysts
J.P. Boitiaux, J.L. Cosyns, M.L. Derrien, and G. Leger
Isomerization
R.E. Conser, T. Wheeler, and F.G. McWilliams
Laser-Assisted Chemical Processing
Henry A. McGee, Jr.
Nitration
Ernest O. Ohsol
Olefin Processes
Yee Chien Hu
Oxidation of Aromatics
Ernest O. Ohsol
Oxidation of Hydrocarbons
Charles C. Hobbs and Michael B. Lakin
Petroleum Processing
Harold L. Hoffman and John J. Mcketta
Polymerization
Lyle F. Albright
Polymerization, Emulsion
Louis R. Roberts
Polysilicon Processes, Economics
Carl L. Yaws and Jack R. Hopper
Index
Biography
John J. McKetta Jr