Industrial Organic Chemicals

Editor/Author Wittcoff, Harold A., Reuben, Bryan G. and Plotkin, Jeffery S.
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley

Single-User Purchase Price: $164.95
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $247.42
ISBN: 978-0-47-053743-5
Category: Science - Chemistry
Image Count: 188
Book Status: Available
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An essential introduction to the organic chemicals industry--in the context of globalization, advances in technology, and environmental concerns

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bryan Godel Reuben 1934–2012
  • List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction: How to Use Industrial Organic Chemicals, Third Edition
  • 1. The Evolution of the Organic Chemicals Industry
  • 2. Globalization of the Chemical Industry
  • 3. Transporting Chemicals
  • 4. Chemicals from Natural Gas and Petroleum
  • 5. Chemicals and Polymers from Ethylene
  • 6. Chemicals and Polymers from Propylene
  • 7. Chemicals from the C4 Stream
  • 8. Chemicals from the C5 Stream
  • 9. Chemicals from Benzene
  • 10. Chemicals from Toluene
  • 11. Chemicals from Xylenes
  • 12. Chemicals from Methane
  • 13. Chemicals from Alkanes
  • 14. Chemicals from Coal
  • 15. Fats and Oils
  • 16. Carbohydrates
  • 17. How Polymers Are Made
  • 18. Industrial Catalysis
  • 19. Green Chemistry
  • 20. Sustainability
  • Appendix A: A Note on Cost Calculations
  • Appendix B: Units and Conversion Factors
  • Appendix C: Special Units in the Chemical Industry
  • Appendix D: The Importance of Shale Gas and Shale Oil