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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
                        • Materials
                          • Metals and Alloys
                            • Organic Chemicals
                              • Pharmaceuticals
                                • Polymers and Plastics
                                  • Processes & Process Engineering
                                    • Absorption
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (5586K)
                                    • Adsorption, Fundamentals
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (315K)
                                    • Adsorption, Gas Separation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (2134K)
                                    • Adsorption, Liquid Separation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (1393K)
                                    • Air Conditioning
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (657K)
                                    • Bleaching Agents
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (279K)
                                    • BTX Processing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (245K)
                                    • Building Materials, Plastic
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (182K)
                                    • Building Materials, Survey
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (192K)
                                    • Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (464K)
                                    • Centrifugal Separation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (690K)
                                    • Chemical Product Design
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (191K)
                                    • Chemical Vapor Deposition
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (123K)
                                    • Chemoinformatics
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (215K)
                                    • Chiral Separations
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (262K)
                                    • Coating Processes, Powder Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (338K)
                                    • Coating Processes, Spray Coating
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (173K)
                                    • Combinatorial Chemistry
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (497K)
                                    • Combustion Science and Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (362K)
                                    • Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (250K)
                                    • Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (264K)
                                    • Conveying
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (368K)
                                    • Corrosion and Corrosion Control
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (208K)
                                    • Cryogenic Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (219K)
                                    • Crystallization
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (430K)
                                    • Defoamers
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (145K)
                                    • Desiccants
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (253K)
                                    • Design of Experiments
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (207K)
                                    • Dewatering
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (407K)
                                    • Dialysis
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (234K)
                                    • Diffusion Separation Methods
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (608K)
                                    • Dimensional Analysis
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (184K)
                                    • Distillation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (409K)
                                    • Distillation, Azeotropic, and Extractive
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (561K)
                                    • Drying
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (432K)
                                    • Electrochemical Machining
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (155K)
                                    • Electrochemical Processing, Inorganic
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (357K)
                                    • Electrochemical Processing, Introduction
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (140K)
                                    • Electrochemical Processing, Organic
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (345K)
                                    • Electroplating
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (464K)
                                    • Engineering, Chemical Data Correlation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (497K)
                                    • Evaporation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (198K)
                                    • Extraction, Liquid-Liquid
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (396K)
                                    • Extraction, Liquid-Solid
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (188K)
                                    • Fans and Blowers
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (389K)
                                    • Filtration
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (998K)
                                    • Fine Chemicals
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (382K)
                                    • Flocculating Agents
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (210K)
                                    • Flotation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (623K)
                                    • Flow Measurement
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (353K)
                                    • Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC), Catalysts and Additives
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (367K)
                                    • Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units, Regeneration
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (410K)
                                    • Fluidization
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (336K)
                                    • Fluid Mechanics
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (555K)
                                    • Fluorine Compounds, Organic, Direct Fluorination
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (230K)
                                    • Furnaces, Electric
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (487K)
                                    • Furnaces, Electric, Arc Furnaces
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (282K)
                                    • Furnaces, Electric, Induction Furnaces
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (344K)
                                    • Furnaces, Electric, Resistance Furnaces
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (338K)
                                    • Furnaces, Fuel-Fired
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (428K)
                                    • Hardness
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (105K)
                                    • Heat Exchanger Network Design
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (332K)
                                    • Heat-Exchange Technology, Nonaqueous Heat-Transfer Media
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (116K)
                                    • Heat Pipes
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (1292K)
                                    • Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (1113K)
                                    • High Pressure Chemistry
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (951K)
                                    • High Pressure Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (1355K)
                                    • Hydraulic Fluids
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (346K)
                                    • Hydrothermal Processing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (570K)
                                    • Inclusion Compounds
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (426K)
                                    • Indium and Indium Compounds
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (134K)
                                    • Ion Exchange
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (297K)
                                    • Iron by Direct Reduction
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (273K)
                                    • Kinetic Measurements
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (172K)
                                    • Liquid Level Measurement
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (423K)
                                    • Mass Transfer
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (586K)
                                    • Materials Reliability
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (156K)
                                    • Membranes, Hollow-Fiber
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (395K)
                                    • Membrane Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (919K)
                                    • Metallurgy, Extractive
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (247K)
                                    • Metal Surface Conversion Treatments
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (79K)
                                    • Metal Surface Treatments
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (224K)
                                    • Metal Surface Treatments, Cleaning
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (48K)
                                    • Metal Surface Treatments, Pickling
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (41K)
                                    • Metal Treatments
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (550K)
                                    • Microencapsulation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (306K)
                                    • Minerals Recovery and Processing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (848K)
                                    • Mixing and Blending
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (615K)
                                    • Nitrogen Fixation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (465K)
                                    • Nuclear Reactors, Chemical Reprocessing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (194K)
                                    • Oxygen-Generation Systems
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (108K)
                                    • Particle Size Measurement
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (413K)
                                    • Pervaporation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (333K)
                                    • Petroleum Refinery Processes
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (308K)
                                    • Pilot Plants
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (97K)
                                    • Pipelines
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (214K)
                                    • Piping Systems
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (435K)
                                    • Plasma Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (419K)
                                    • Powder Metallurgy
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (419K)
                                    • Powders, Handling, Bulk Powders
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (500K)
                                    • Powders, Handling, Dispersion of Powders In Liquids
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (247K)
                                    • Pressure Measurement
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (507K)
                                    • Process Control
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (557K)
                                    • Process Design
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (165K)
                                    • Process Energy Conservation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (292K)
                                    • Process Integration Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (590K)
                                    • Pulp Bleaching
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (86K)
                                    • Pumps
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (820K)
                                    • Pyrolysis, Flash Vacuum
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (370K)
                                    • Quality
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (241K)
                                    • Radiation Curing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (372K)
                                    • Reactor Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (359K)
                                    • Refrigeration
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (516K)
                                    • Reverse Osmosis
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (371K)
                                    • Rheology and Rheological Measurements
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (527K)
                                    • Rubber Compounding
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (935K)
                                    • Sampling
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (320K)
                                    • Sampling Techniques
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (945K)
                                    • Sedimentation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (239K)
                                    • Separation, Magnetic Separation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (634K)
                                    • Separation, Size Separation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (338K)
                                    • Separations Process Synthesis
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (311K)
                                    • Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (654K)
                                    • Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (654K)
                                    • Size Enlargement
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (637K)
                                    • Size Reduction
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (433K)
                                    • Solvent Recovery, Condensation
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (34K)
                                    • Solvents, Industrial
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (274K)
                                    • Sonochemistry
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (484K)
                                    • Sprays
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (349K)
                                    • Sterilization Techniques
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (225K)
                                    • Supercritical Fluids
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (379K)
                                    • Tanks and Pressure Vessels
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (524K)
                                    • Temperature Measurement
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (373K)
                                    • Textiles, Finishing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (178K)
                                    • Textiles, Testing
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (455K)
                                    • Thermography
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (220K)
                                    • Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (480K)
                                    • Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (480K)
                                    • Ultrafiltration
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (449K)
                                    • Vacuum Technology
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (443K)
                                    • Weighing and Proportioning
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (445K)
                                    • Welding
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (437K)
                                    • Zone Refining
                                      Abstract | Full Text: PDF (202K)
                                  • Processes & Process Engineering
                                    • Processes and Process Engineering
                                      • Renewable Resources
                                        • Special Topics
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