Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Professional English

Author: Sun Naiyou, Cao Keguang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
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UNIT 1 BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY
Lesson 1 Acid, Base, and Salt
Reading Material: Names, Symbols, and Atomic Numbers/Masses of the Elements
Lesson 2 Naming Organic Compounds
Reading Material: About Temperature
Lesson 3 Catalyst and Catalysis
Reading Material: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Lesson 4 Re-Crystallization Techniques
Reading Material: Laboratory Hazards, Safety, and Prevention
UNIT 2 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Lesson 5 Heat Transfer
Reading Material: Fluids and Pumps
Lesson 6 Liquid-Liquid Extraction
Reading Material: Separating Mixtures
Lesson 7 Distillation
Reading Material: Plate Columns and Packed Columns
Lesson 8 Adsorption
Reading Material: Ion Exchange
UNIT 3 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
Lesson 9 The Anatomy of a Chemical Manufacturing Process
Reading Material: The Fine and Specialty Chemicals
Lesson 10 Haber-Bosch Process for the Production of Ammonia
Reading Material: Sulfuric Acid
Lesson 11 Oil Refining
Reading Material: Rocket Propellants
Lesson 12 Soaps and Detergents
Reading Material: Synthesis of Surfactants
UNIT 4 RELATED KNOWLEDGE
Lesson 13 Polymers
Reading Material: Plastics
Lesson 14 Vitamins
Reading Material: Antibiotics
Lesson 15 Electrolytic Processes of Metals
Reading Material: Corrosion of Metal and Its Prevention
Lesson 16 Wastewater Treatment Technology
Reading Material: Water Pollution and Society
UNIT 5 THE CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND ITS DETERMINATION
Lesson 17 PTFE -- Product Specifications
Reading Material: Glycerin
Lesson 18 Thin Layer Chromatography
Reading Material: Analysis of Vitamin C
References
Exercises and Answers with Reference Translations