Industrial Organic Chemicals
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
Table of Contents
An essential introduction to the organic chemicals industry--in the context of globalization, advances in technology, and environmental concerns
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