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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Copyright © 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Last updated: 14 Sep 2007

Topics

      • Agrochemicals
        • Analytical Techniques
          • Chemical Reactions
            • Dyes and Pigments
              • Energy
                • Environmental Protection, Industrial Safety
                  • Environmental Protection, Industrial Safety
                    • Fat, Oil, Food and Feed, Cosmetics
                      • Inorganic Chemicals
                        • Acrolein and Derivatives
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (2198K)
                        • Alkoxides, Metal
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (185K)
                        • Aluminates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (84K)
                        • Aluminum Carboxylates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (71K)
                        • Aluminum Compounds, Introduction
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (156K)
                        • Aluminum Halides and Aluminum Nitrate
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (247K)
                        • Aluminum Oxide (Alumina), Activated
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (134K)
                        • Aluminum Oxide (Alumina), Calcined, Tabular, and Aluminate Cements
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (196K)
                        • Aluminum Oxide (Alumina), Hydrated
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (360K)
                        • Aluminum Sulfate and Alums
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (100K)
                        • Ammonia
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (273K)
                        • Antimony Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (255K)
                        • Arsenic and Arsenic Alloys
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (120K)
                        • Arsenic Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (192K)
                        • Arsenic—Environmental Impact, Health Effects, and Treatment Methods
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (147K)
                        • Barium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (100K)
                        • Barium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (230K)
                        • Beryllium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (85K)
                        • Bismuth Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (231K)
                        • Boric Acid Esters
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (97K)
                        • Boron, Elemental
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (85K)
                        • Boron Halides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (237K)
                        • Boron Hydrides, Heteroboranes, and their Metalla Derivatives
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (763K)
                        • Boron Hydrides, Heteroboranes, and their Metalla Derivatives (Commercial Aspects)
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (47K)
                        • Boron Oxides, Boric Acid, and Borates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (391K)
                        • Bromine
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (201K)
                        • Bromine, Inorganic Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (136K)
                        • Bromine, Inorganic Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (165K)
                        • Cadmium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (149K)
                        • Calcium Carbonate
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (76K)
                        • Calcium Chloride
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (124K)
                        • Calcium Compounds, Survey
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (80K)
                        • Calcium Sulfate
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (242K)
                        • Carbon, Activated
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (164K)
                        • Carbon, Survey
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (89K)
                        • Cerium and Cerium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (183K)
                        • Chemicals from Brine
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (214K)
                        • Chloric Acid and Chlorates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (161K)
                        • Chlorine Oxygen Acids and Salts, Chlorous Acid, Chlorites, and Chlorine Dioxide
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (197K)
                        • Chlorohydrins
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (160K)
                        • Chlorophenols
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (197K)
                        • Chlorosulfuric Acid
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (71K)
                        • Chromium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (320K)
                        • Cobalt Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (162K)
                        • Copper Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (149K)
                        • Cyanides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (226K)
                        • Diamond, Natural
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (127K)
                        • Diatomite
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (113K)
                        • Dichlorine Monoxide, Hypochlorous Acid, and Hypochlorites
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (281K)
                        • Ferrites
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (295K)
                        • Fine Chemicals, Standards
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (80K)
                        • Fluorine
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (250K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Ammonium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (49K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Antimony
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (56K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Arsenic
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (50K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Barium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (40K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Boron Trifluoride
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (83K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Calcium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (117K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Cobalt
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (44K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Copper
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (43K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Fluoroboric Acid and Fluoroborates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (111K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Fluorosulfuric Acid
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (66K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Germanium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (43K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Hydrogen
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (160K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Introduction
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (83K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Iron
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (43K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Lead
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (42K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Lithium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (47K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Magnesium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (47K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Mercury
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (41K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Molybdenum
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (41K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Nickel
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (44K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Nitrogen
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (69K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Oxygen
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (69K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Phosphorus
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (109K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Potassium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (51K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Rhenium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (45K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Silver
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (53K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Sodium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (34K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Sulfur
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (133K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Tantalum
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (38K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Tin
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (49K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Titanium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (46K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Tungsten
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (53K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Zinc
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (42K)
                        • Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Zirconium
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (50K)
                        • Fullerenes
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (421K)
                        • Gallium and Gallium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (223K)
                        • Germanium and Germanium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (151K)
                        • Hafnium and Hafnium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (157K)
                        • Halogen Fluorides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (128K)
                        • High Performance Fibers
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (250K)
                        • Hydrogen
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (520K)
                        • Hydrogen Chloride
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (209K)
                        • Hydroxybenzaldehydes
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (160K)
                        • Hydroxy Dicarboxylic Acids
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (190K)
                        • Imines, Cyclic
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (433K)
                        • Iodine and Iodine Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (186K)
                        • Iron and Steel, Economic Aspects
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (724K)
                        • Iron Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (254K)
                        • Lanthanides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (157K)
                        • Lead Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (150K)
                        • Lime and Limestone
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (407K)
                        • Lithium and Lithium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (216K)
                        • Magnesium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (379K)
                        • Manganese Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (450K)
                        • Mercury Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (123K)
                        • Mica
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (201K)
                        • Molybdenum and Molybdenum Alloys
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (139K)
                        • Molybdenum Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (230K)
                        • N-Halamines
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (219K)
                        • Nickel Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (187K)
                        • Niobium and Niobium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (184K)
                        • Nitric Acid
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (188K)
                        • Nitrides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (347K)
                        • Nitro Alcohols
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (66K)
                        • Nitrogen
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (167K)
                        • Noble-Gas Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (169K)
                        • Noble Gases
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (236K)
                        • Oxygen
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (143K)
                        • Perchloric Acid and Perchlorates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (109K)
                        • Phosphine and Its Derivatives
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (110K)
                        • Phosphoric Acids and Phosphates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (337K)
                        • Phosphorus
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (208K)
                        • Phosphorus Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (443K)
                        • Platinum-Group Metals, Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (240K)
                        • Polyaluminum Chlorides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (99K)
                        • Potassium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (256K)
                        • Refractory Boron Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (62K)
                        • Rhenium and Rhenium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (167K)
                        • Rubidium and Rubidium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (92K)
                        • Selenium and Selenium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (303K)
                        • Silica
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (146K)
                        • Silica, Vitreous
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (291K)
                        • Silicon
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (170K)
                        • Silicon and Silicon Alloys, Chemical and Metallurgical
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (336K)
                        • Silicon Carbide
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (156K)
                        • Silicon Compounds, Silicon Esters
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (114K)
                        • Silicon Compounds, Silicon Halides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (65K)
                        • Silicon Compounds: Anthropogenic Silicas and Silicates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (285K)
                        • Silver Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (234K)
                        • Silylating Agents
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (121K)
                        • Sodium Carbonate
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (111K)
                        • Sodium Chloride
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (264K)
                        • Sodium Halides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (76K)
                        • Sodium Hydroxide
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (429K)
                        • Sodium Iodide
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (38K)
                        • Sodium Nitrate and Nitrite
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (222K)
                        • Sodium Nitrite
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (97K)
                        • Sodium Sulfates and Sulfides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (119K)
                        • Sodium Sulfides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (152K)
                        • Strontium and Strontium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (89K)
                        • Sulfolane and Sulfones
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (104K)
                        • Sulfonic Acids
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (260K)
                        • Sulfoxides
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (216K)
                        • Sulfur
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (429K)
                        • Sulfur and Hydrogen Sulfide Recovery
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (457K)
                        • Sulfur Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (569K)
                        • Sulfuric Acid and Sulfur Trioxide
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (341K)
                        • Sulfuric and Sulfurous Esters
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (140K)
                        • Talc
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (147K)
                        • Tantalum and Tantalum Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (381K)
                        • Tellurium and Tellurium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (269K)
                        • Thallium and Thallium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (125K)
                        • Thiosulfates
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (140K)
                        • Thorium and Thorium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (275K)
                        • Tin Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (258K)
                        • Titanium Compounds, Inorganic
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (441K)
                        • Titanium Compounds, Organic
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (639K)
                        • Tungsten Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (107K)
                        • Uranium and Uranium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (626K)
                        • Vanadium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (133K)
                        • Zinc Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (136K)
                        • Zirconium and Zirconium Compounds
                          Abstract | Full Text: PDF (313K)
                      • Materials
                        • Metals and Alloys
                          • Organic Chemicals
                            • Pharmaceuticals
                              • Polymers and Plastics
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