Chemical Engineering

The fermentation of sugar into ethanol is one of the earliest biotechnologies employed by humanity. In modern times, ethanol intended for industria...

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a thin film deposition technique used in the mass production of microelectronics. In this book, novel nonvolatile ...

Non-ionic surfactants are chemically potent molecular species that are becoming increasingly important as an excipient component used in the formul...

Although supercritical fluids (SCF) and their unique solvent characteristics have been a matter of continuing scientific interest since the past ce...

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) is a powerful tool for identifying types of chemical bonds in a molecule by producing an infrared ab...

Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulphate dihydrate and often occurs in nature as flattened and often twinned crystals and transpa...

This book presents topical research in the study of activated carbon, which includes topics such as the surface chemistry of activated carbons and ...

This book presents topical research in the study of fluoride and its applications, properties and in environmental management. Topics discussed inc...

A xenobiotic is a chemical which is found in an organism but which is not normally produced or expected to be present in it. Specifically, drugs su...

1,3,5-Triazine derivatives find wide applications as bioactive compounds and drugs, components of polymer compositions, reactive dyes, energetic ma...

This book gives the synthesis of porous silicon multi-layers (PSL) by a simple route called electrochemical etching. The prepared multi-layers and ...

Goal three of the current U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service strategy for improving the use of woody biomass is to help develop and exp...

The manufacturing of bricks is an energy-intensive industry that contributes significantly to carbon dioxide emissions, with more than fifty chemic...

Vitamin E -- a family of eight natural structurally related tocopherols and tocotrienols compounds expressed generally as a-tocopherol -- represent...

As chemistry becomes more and more amenable to mathematically rigorous study, it is likely that chemistry will also become an alert and demanding c...

Flame retardants comprise a diverse group of chemicals which are widely used at relatively high concentrations in many applications, including the ...

Water pollution occurs when toxic pollutants of varying kinds (organic, inorganic, radioactive and so on) are directly or indirectly discharged int...

This book discusses spectral (IR, electronic and EPR) and magnetic properties, as well as crystal structures of CuII complexes with pyridinecarboxy...

Ruthenium compounds constitute a versatile class of catalysts for important synthetic transformations in organic chemistry. The ability of rutheniu...

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science, and life sciences with mathematics, to the p...

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a quantitative spectroscopic technique that measures the elemental composition, empirical formula, chemic...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the chemical properties, applications and environmental effects of niobium. Topi...

The sol-gel process, also known as chemical solution deposition, is a wet-chemical technique widely used in the fields of materials science and cer...

The Clear, Well-Organized Introduction to Thermodynamics Theory and Calculations for All Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Students   This text is...