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About this book
Substantially revising and updating the information from the widely-used previous editions, this book offers a valuable overview of current chemical processes, products, and practices. No other source offers as much data on the chemistry, engineering, economics, and infrastructure of the industry.
In addition to thoroughly revised material on chemical economics, safety, statistical control methods, and waste management, chapters on industrial cell culture and industrial fermentation expand the treatment of biochemical engineering.
Sectors covered include: plastics, rubber, adhesives, textiles, pharmaceuticals, soap, coal, dyes, chlor-alkali, pigments, chemical explosives, petrochemicals, natural and industrial gas, synthetic nitrogen products, fats, sulfur, phosphorus, wood, and sweeteners.
Comprehensive and easy to use, the tenth edition of Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry is an essential working tool for chemical and process engineers, chemists, plant and safety managers, and regulatory agency personnel.
Reviews
"This handbook provides introductory and detailed information about the chemistry, engineering, economics, and technological infrastructure within the chemical process industries. It provides extensive information on the major classes of industrial chemistry, such as plastics, rubber, adhesives, and textile fibers, to name a few, and offers detailed coverage of such topics as coal utilization technology, dyes and dye intermediates, chlor-alkali and heavy chemicals, paints and pigments, etc. This edition includes a new chapter on industrial cell culture, which together with the well-established chapter on industrial fermentation aims to provide new insight and information to the field of biochemical engineering. The chapter on agrochemicals has been revised and features tables of information on pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, including chemical structure, biochemistry, mode of action, and environmental fate. An index completes the book."
(Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126:5 (2004)
About the authors
James A. Kent has extensive experiences as a chemical engineer and engineering educator. He most recently served as Chrysler Professor and Dean of Engineering and Science at the University of Detroit Mercy and, prior to that, he was Professor and Dean of Engineering at Michigan Technological University, and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at West Virginia University. Dr. Kent’s industry experience included assignments as Research Engineer and Research Group Leader at Dow Chemical Company and Monsanto. He also served as editor of the sixth through ninth editions of the Handbook. Dr. Kent is a long time member of AIChE.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry
Editors: James A. Kent
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23816-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-23816-6Published: 21 September 2006
Edition Number: 10
Number of Pages: 1374
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Polymer Sciences