Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering

The First International Conference on Polyolefin Characterization (ICPC) held in Houston, Texas, in October 2006, was organized to fill the important industrial and academic need for a discussion forum on the characterization and fractionation techniques of polyolefins.

This is the first monograph to discuss in detail the current stage of development of nonpolar nitrides, with specific emphasis on the three main topics of crystal growth, properties and device studies.

This much-needed critical review of the main monitoring techniques conveys profound knowledge of their fundamentals, possibilities and limits, strengths and weaknesses when applied to membrane processes, clearly demonstrating which technique is most suitable for a given process.

Written by the inventor of the Gas Dynamic Spray (GDS) technique, this first monograph on the topic brings the understanding of the GDS coating formation process to a new qualitative nanostructural level, while introducing it to industrial and technological experts so that they can develop a new generation of coatings materials.

Covering all aspects of this field, this volume also critically discusses recent results obtained with the use of nitroxides, while providing an analysis of future developments.

This practical how-to-do book deals with the design of sustainable chemical processes by means of systematic methods aided by computer simulation.

This book describes the fascinating wealth of activities as they occur in the design, construction and commissioning of a chemical plant - a jigsaw puzzle of the work of chemical engineers, chemists, constructors, architects, electrical engineers, process automation engineers, economists and legal staff.

This ninth volume in the series concentrates on in situ spectroscopic methods and combines a balanced mixture of theory and applications, making it highly readable for chemists and physicists, as well as for materials scientists and engineers.

This series, formerly edited by Heinz Gerischer and Charls V.

Finding the new remedy for a certain disease: an inspired goal.

This book surveys methods, problems, and tools used in process control engineering.

This authoritative review brings scientists up-to-date with the exciting recent developments in modern electric field applications and highlights their benefits compared with other methods.

Strategic planning is a critical subject, central to the success of any scientific and economical enterprise.

As we enter the new millennium, combinatorial chemistry is providing significant impetus to new innovations in synthetic chemistry.

Many modern medicines, for example blood derivatives, vaccines, cytostatic drugs, and antibiotics, but also soluble coffee, have one thing in common: freeze-drying is the best method of transforming the perishable substances into a form that keeps well and allows the substances to be stored before being returned almost to their natural state.

Characterization of fine particles is a difficult task!

Modern Polymer Spectroscopy provides a 'guided tour' to the state of the art in polymer analysis by vibrational spectroscopy.

Production-integrated environmental protection is synonymous with - reducing the amount of potential pollutants at source - reducing the consumption of resources and energy - recycling and utilization of residues and used products, and therefore a topic of considerable current interest.

Microcomponents and microdevices are increasingly finding application in everyday life.

Since the development of the NMR spectrometer in the 1950s, NMR spectra have been widely used for the elucidation of the 2D structure of newly synthesized and natural compounds.

This book provides an up-to-date survey of modern industrial inorganic chemistry in a clear and concise manner.

No doubt: A perfect coating has to look brilliant!

Plastics have developed into the most important class of packaging materials.

When trying to find new methods and problem-solving strategies for their research, scientists often turn to nature for inspiration.

Homogeneous asymmetric catalysis offers reliable results and the possibility to 'tune' the catalysis on a rational basis.

Contamination control is being used by more and more industries where the highest level of cleanliness and hygiene is of vital importance.

Nowadays, the chemical industry is under increased pressure to develop cleaner production processes and technologies.

Many chemical substances or compounds - organic or inorganic, natural or synthetic - are not used in their pure form.

Adhesion is among the oldest technologies known to mankind, but the technology of adhesives began to boom with the developments in chemistry in the early 1900s.

Stirring is one of the most important operations in process technology.

Many modern pharmaceutical and biological products, e.

Most drugs bind to a clearly defined macromolecular target that is complementary in terms of structure and chemistry.

'Everything there is to know about inorganic pigments' Revised and updated, this book offers a concise and thorough presentation of inorganic pigments in their diversity: their manufacturing processes, their applications and markets, their testing procedures and standards, and also the health and environmental regulations relating to them.

In this concise handbook leading experts give a broad overview of the latest developments in this emerging and fascinating field of nano-sized materials.

This is a book for developers of catalysts, and for practitioners working in the field of design, operation, and optimization of chemical reactors in which heterogeneous catalysis is performed.

This book builds up on the success of the first edition of Paints, Coatings, and Solvents.

The demand for flavourings has been constantly increasing over the last years as a result of the dramatic changes caused by a more and more industrialised life-style: The consumer is drawn to interesting, healthy, pleasurable, exciting or completely new taste experiences.

In spite of the good safety records of chemical plants many people regard chemical production as dangerous because of a few major accidents that have occurred.

This is the latest and most authoritative documentation of current scientific knowledge regarding the health effects of thermal food processing.

A description of the use of computer aided modeling and simulation in the development, integration and optimization of industrial processes.

A practical summary of the technical and technological as well as nutritional and physiological properties attained through the targeted selection of raw materials and the corresponding production processes.

This first comprehensive treatment of the intertwined roles of micro-instrumentation, high throughput experimentation and process intensification as valuable tools for process analytical technology covers both industrial as well as academic aspects.

Combining the knowledge involved in process engineering and process modeling, this is the first book to cover all modeling methods applicable to process intensification.

Here, expert scientists from industry and academia share their knowledge on the assembly of functional human tissues in vitro and how to design drug screenings predictive of human exposure.

This first ever coverage of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of biopharmaceuticals meets the need for a comprehensive book in this field.

Continuing the very successful first edition, this book reviews the most recent changes to the legal situation in Europe concerning genetically engineered food and labeling.

Backed by leading authorities, this is a professional guide to successful compound screening in pharmaceutical research and chemical biology, including the chemoinformatic tools needed for correct data evaluation.

Filling a gap in the literature for a practical approach to the topic, this book is unique in including a whole section of case studies presenting a wide range of applications from polymerization reactors and bioreactors, to distillation column and complex fluid catalytic cracking units.

Um solide, langzeitbeständige und stoffgerechte Klebungen im industriellen oder handwerklichen Bereich herzustellen, sind sowohl gute Grundlagenkenntnisse als auch fachlich fundiertes Wissen von Nöten.

This handbook is the first to address the practical aspects of this novel method.