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Handbook of industrial chemistry : organic chemicals
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New York : McGraw-Hill, 2005
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9780071410373

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THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO MANUFACTURING WITH ORGANIC CHEMICALS

Critical to truly understanding pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, polymers, and plastics, the Handbook of Industrial Chemistry provides the chemical properties and principles for the analyses and processes used in producing non-petroleum-based organic products.

Packed with useful tables, formulas, and equations, this problem-solving handbook provides coverage, which ranges from basic to complex, of the chemical processes for products such as:

Paints, pigments, and industrial coatings Dyestuffs, and finishing and dyeing of textiles Industrial fermentation Chemical explosives Non-petroleum processing and petrochemicals Polymers and plastics

DETAILED, EXPERT CONTENT YOU'LL REFER TO EVERY DAY
Safety considerations in process industries * Industrial pollution prevention and waste management * Edible oils, fats, and waxes * Soaps and detergents * Sugar and other sweeteners * Paints, pigments, and industrial coatings * Dyestuffs, and finishing and dyeing of textiles * Industrial fermentation * Pharmaceutical industry * Agrochemicals * Chemical explosives * Petroleum processing and petrochemicals * Polymers and plastics


Author Notes

Mohammad Farhat Ali, Ph.D., is Professor of Industrial and Petroleum Chemistry at King Faud University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. An expert in characterization studies of heavy ends, residues, and asphalt, he is also knowledgeable about crude oils and products, refining process technology, waste oil recycling, and stability characteristics of jet fuels. He lives in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Bassam M. El Ali, Ph.D., is Professor of Industrial Chemistry at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia. His specialties include homogenous and heterogenous catalysis using transition metal complexes in hydrocarboxylation, hydroformylation, oxidation, coupling, hydrogenation, and other important processes; investigation of organometallic intermediates and the mechanisms of various homogenous reactions; and synthesis, characterization, and application of various supported catalytic systems in the production of fine chemicals. He has taught many industrial chemistry courses including Industrial Catalysis, Industrial Organic Chemistry, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, and Petroleum Processes.

James G. Speight, Ph.D. has more than 35 years' experience in fields related to the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, and led, significant research in defining the uses of chemistry with heavy oil and coal. The author of well over 400 professional papers, reports, and presentations detailing his research activities, he has taught more than 50 related courses. Dr. Speight is the author, editor, or compiler of a total of 25 books and bibliographies related to fossil fuel processing and environmental issues. He lives in Laramie, Wyoming.


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Choice Review

Industrial chemistry handbooks of various stripes still abound; see, for example, this reviewer's comments on Emil Raymond Riegel's Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, ed. by James A. Kent (CH, May'04, 41-5315). That there is no reason other than the inertia of history is more evident than ever before in this McGraw-Hill volume of standard topics written (at best) in turgid style, printed on poor quality paper, and illustrated with poorer still halftone reproductions of mind-numbingly ordinary photographs with insultingly trivial captions. What is the reader to think? Is there anybody left who could not do better with whatever electronic search engine is at hand to find first approximations of sugars, pigments, dyes, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, explosives, and polymers? Surely not! To gratuitously suggest, as the authors do in their foreword that this could serve as a textbook for an undergraduate industrial chemistry course, adds insult to injury and speaks volumes as to just how much thought was given to the project by the editor(s). And all this for only $125? Good grief! Not one redeeming feature here. Not one! ^BSumming Up: Not recommended. L. W. Fine Columbia University


Table of Contents

Contributors Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction: An Overview of the Chemical Process Industry and Primary Raw Materials
Chapter 2 Safety Considerations in Process Industries
Chapter 3 Industrial Pollution Prevention
Chapter 4 Edible Oils, Fats, and Waxes
Chapter 5 Soaps and Detergents
Chapter 6 Sugar
Chapter 7 Paints, Pigments, and Industrial Coatings
Chapter 8 Dyes: Chemistry and Applications
Chapter 9 Industrial Fermentation
Chapter 10 The Pharmaceutical Industry
Chapter 11 Agrochemicals
Chapter 12 Chemical Explosives and Propellants
Chapter 13 Petroleum and Petrochemicals
Chapter 15 Synthetic Polymers
Index