Petrochemicals in nontechnical language / Donald L. Burdick, William L. Leffler.
| Author/creator | Burdick, Donald L. |
| Other author | Leffler, William L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication Info | Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., |
| Description | ix, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Knovel, Academic, General Engineering & Project Administration |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Petrochemicals |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- What you need to know about organic chemistry -- 2 Benzene 2.1 -- 3 Toluene and the xylenes 41 -- 4 Cyclohexane 55 -- i5 Olefins plants, ethylene, and propylene 65 -- 6 The C4 hydrocarbons family 87 -- Coimentary One 101 -- 7 Cumene and phenol F 105 -- 8 Ethylbenzene and styrene 119 -- 9 Ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride 135 -- 10 Ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol 145 -- 11 Propylene oxide and propylene glycol 157 -- Commentary Two 1169 -- 1 2 Methanol and syntheisgas 173 -- 13 Methyl tertiary 6buyl ether 185 -- 14 Some other alcohols 191 -- 15 The higher alcohols 213 -- 16 Formaldehyde and acetaldehde 227 -- 17 The ketones 239 -- 18 The acids 5255 -- 19 Acrylonitrile acrylic acid, and the acrylates 273 -- 20 Maleic anhydride 2 93 -- 21 Alpha olefins 301 -- Commentary Three 315 -- 22 The nature of polymers 319 -- 23 Thermoplastics 335 -- 24 Resins and fibers 359 -- Commentary Four 377 -- Appendix 1 Conversion and yield 379 -- Appendix 2 Abbreviations of the chemicals industry 383 -- Glossary 385 -- Exercise answers 419 -- Index 435. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001033230 |
| ISBN | 0878147985 |
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