Chemical Engineering

Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards is widely regarded as the reference work in this field - an assembly of all reported risks such as explosion, fire, toxic or high-energy events that result from chemical reactions gone astray, with extensive referencing to the primary literature.

"Chemical Engineering Design is a complete course text for students of chemical engineering. Written for the Senior Design Course, and also suitable for introduction to chemical engineering courses, it covers the basics of unit operations and the latest aspects of process design, equipment selection, plant and operating economics, safety and loss prevention. "

"The first seven chapters cover such fundamentals as multiple reactions, energy management, and catalytic processes. The final five chapters explore more advanced topics including environmental, polymer, solids processing, biological, and combustion reactions."

"The Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials outlines the cost of material degradation, but more importantly, explains how to measure, analyze, and prevent environmental degradation for a wide range of indsutrial materials. ... Case studies show how organizations from small consulting firms to corporate giants design and manufacture products that are more resistant to environmental effects."

"The most complete guide of its kind, this is the favored handbook for chemical and process engineers who need a reliable and authoritative solution to their practical on the job problems. ... Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers solves process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations."

This database contains almost 450,000 data records covering physical, thermophysical, thermodynamic, transport, safety, and environmental properties for over 5000 inorganic substances and over 35,000 organic substances. Coverage also includes solutions, refrigerants, mixtures, building and insulation materials, superheated, saturated, and subcooled fluids, and pure metals and alloys, in addition to Wilson Parameters and activity coefficients for selected binary systems and adsorption capacity for purification of air and water."

In this comprehensive work the author produces a definitive text to cover both basic and advanced concepts which apply over the whole range of new technologies. Worked examples are included in most of the chapters, followed by exercises with solutions.

"Well-rounded, concise, and practical by design ... Each chapter provides a clear review of basic information, case examples, and references to additional, more in-depth information. They explain essential principles, calculations, and issues relating to topics including reaction engineering, process control and design, waste disposal, and electrochemical and biochemical engineering... From fundamentals to plant operations, [this book] offers a thorough, yet succinct guide to day-to-day methods and calculations used in chemical engineering applications."

"This venerable work continues to be the most accessed and respected scientific reference in the world. An authoritative resource consisting of tables of data and current international recommendations on nomenclature, symbols, and units, ... this reference puts physical property data and mathematical formulas used in labs and classrooms every day within easy reach."

"Presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances, properties, manufacturing, and uses; on industrial processes, unit operations in chemical engineering; and on fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. The Encyclopedia describes established technology along with cutting edge topics of interest in the wide field of chemical technology, whilst uniquely providing the necessary perspective and insight into pertinent aspects, rather than merely presenting information."