Innovations in industrial and engineering chemistry : a century of achievements and prospects for the new millennium / William H. Flank, Martin A. Abraham, Michael A. Matthews, [editors] ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Inc.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [New York] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | x, 469 pages, 3 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Flank, William H. |
| Other author/creator | Abraham, Martin A., 1961- |
| Other author/creator | Matthews, Michael A. |
| Other author/creator | American Chemical Society. Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. |
| Series | ACS symposium series ; 1000 ACS symposium series ; 1000. ^A462116 |
| Contents | Putting science to work: a history of I&EC leadership and innovation in its first hundred years / William H. Flank -- Ammonia synthesis: catalyst and technologies / Svend Erik Nelson -- Innovation and enterprise: the industrial gases industry in the United States / John Royal -- Polyethylene: an account of scientific discovery and industrial innovations / Rajen M. Patel ... [et al.] -- The history of petroleum cracking in the 20th century / Alan W. Peters, William H. Flank, and Burtron H. Davis -- The history of fluidized catalytic cracking: a history of innovation from 1942 to 2008 / R.P. Fletcher -- Purification of automatic exhaust through catalysis / M. Rodkin ... [et al.] -- Membrane separation technology: past, present, and future / G. Glenn Lipscomb -- Advanced catalytic materials for the refining and petrochemical industry: TUD-1 / Phillip J. Angevine ... [et al.] -- Evolving production of the acetyls (acetic acid, acetaldehyde, acetic anhydride, and vinyl acetate): a mirror for the evolution of the chemical industry / Joseph R. Zoeller -- Ionic liquids: growth of a field through the eyes of the I&EC division / Héctor Rodríguez, Gabriela Gurau, and Robin D. Rogers -- The twelve principles of green chemistry / Philip G. Jessop, Sofia Trakhtenberg, and John Warner. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9780841269637 |
| ISBN | 0841269637 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | TP155 .I55 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |