Industrial Organic Chemicals (eBook)
848 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-22987-3 (ISBN)
industry--in the context of globalization, advances in
technology, and environmental concerns
Providing 95 percent of the 500 billion pounds of organic
chemicals produced in the world, the petroleum and natural gas
industries are responsible for products that ensure our present
quality of life. Products as diverse as gasoline, plastics,
detergents, fibers, pesticides, tires, lipstick, shampoo, and
sunscreens are based on seven raw materials derived from petroleum
and natural gas. In an updated and expanded Third Edition,
Industrial Organic Chemicals examines why each of these
chemical building blocks--ethylene, propylene, C4 olefins
(butenes and butadiene), benzene toluene, the xylenes, and
methane--is preferred over another in the context of an
environmental issue or manufacturing process, as well as their
individual chemistry, derivatives, method of manufacture, uses, and
economic significance.
The new edition details the seismic shifts in the world's
chemistry industry away from the United States, Western Europe and
Japan, transforming the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region,
especially China, into major players. The book also details:
* The impact of globalization on the patterns of worldwide
transportation of chemicals, including methods of shipping
chemicals
* The technological advances in the area of polymerization and
catalysis, including catalyst design and single-site catalysts
* Chemicals for electronics, with much new material on conducting
polymers, photovoltaic cells, and related materials
* The discovery of vast reserves of shale gas and shale oil,
altering long-term predictions of resource depletion in the United
States and other countries
* Commercial and market aspects of the chemical industry, with
coverage of emerging new companies such as INEOS, Formosa Plastics,
LyondellBasell, and SABIC
With expanded coverage on the vital role of green chemistry,
renewables, chemicals and fuels on issues of sustainability and
climate change, Industrial Organic Chemicals offers an
unparalleled examination of what is at the heart of this
multi-billion dollar industry, how globalization has transformed
it, and its ever growing role in preserving the Earth and its
resources.
HAROLD A. WITTCOFF has taught industrial organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota, while serving as Vice President of Corporate Research for General Mills Inc. As scientific adviser to Nexant ChemSystems, he has presented 300 courses in industrial chemistry in twenty-eight countries. The late BRYAN G. REUBEN was Professor Emeritus of Chemical Technology at London South Bank University, and was the author or coauthor of 130 publications and a single patent. JEFFREY S. PLOTKIN is Vice President, Chemicals and Technology, at Nexant ChemSystems and is the author or coauthor of twenty-five technical publications and thirty patents.
Preface
Preface to the first and second editions
List of acronyms and abbreviations
0. 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 and polymers from C4 stream
8. Chemicals and polymers from the C5 stream
9. Chemicals and polymers from benzene
10. Chemicals and polymers from toluene
11. Chemicals and polymers 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
Index
"The book presents its information with concepts of
sustainability and climate change in mind, covering green chemistry
and renewables, including research into processes (such as
electricity generation) that produce less or no carbon
dioxide." (Chemical Engineering Progress,
1 January 2013)
"Every organic chemist who contemplates a career in the
field should read the book. Even future and active pharmaceutical
researchers will need the chemical insight from this book to
understand the nature of their starting materials. Summing Up:
Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through
professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 October
2013)
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.12.2012 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie |
Technik | |
Schlagworte | chemical engineering • Chemie • Chemische Verfahrenstechnik • Chemistry • Industrial Chemistry • Industrielle Chemie • Organic Chemistry • Organische Chemie • Technische u. Industrielle Chemie |
ISBN-10 | 1-118-22987-8 / 1118229878 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-22987-3 / 9781118229873 |
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