Table of Contents
The Chemical Industry—What It Is and What It Does.
Basic Considerations—Envisioning the Process.
Material Accounting—The Law of Conservation of Mass Really Works.
Energy Accounting in Chemical Processes—The Law of Conservation of Energy Works Too.
Chemical Transport—A Chemist's View of Fluid Flow.
Heat Transfer—Which Way Does It Go?
Kinetics—Experimental Data, Rate Constants, and Reactor Design.
Separation Processes—Isolating the Product.
Instrumentation—Controlling the Process.
Further Considerations—Developing the Process.
Chemical Patents—What, How, and Why.
Economics—Financial Analysis of the Process.
Research—Where Are We Going?
Development of a Process—The Manufacture of Urea, A Cast Study.
Appendices.
Index.