Chemical Engineering

Asphaltenes are non-crystalline, brittle, and black solids. At high temperatures they can polymerize, and convert into coke or asphaltic residue. A...

Urea serves an important role in the metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds by animals and is the main nitrogen-containing substance in the ur...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the chemical properties, medicinal uses and environmental effects of manganese. ...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the production, structure and applications of glycerol. Topics discussed include...

CO2 capture from gaseous effluents is one of the great challenges faced by chemical and environmental engineering, as the increase of CO2 levels in...

A large segment of the population in undeveloped and developing countries drink untreated or partially treated water. Annually, 6 to 60 billion cas...

Bisphenol A is a difunctional building block of several important plastics and plastic additives. Suspected of being hazardous to humans since the ...

Asphaltenes are molecular substances that are found in crude oil, along with resins, aromatic hydrocarbons, and alkanes (i.e., saturated hydrocarbo...

Energetic materials including propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics are chemical compounds or mixtures that store significant quantities of ene...

Supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) has dissolving power comparable to that of liquids, is much more compressible than dilute gases, and has trans...

Chromium is regarded with great interest because of its high corrosion resistance and hardness. A major development was the discovery that steel co...

Carbon-carbon bond formation is one of the most important topics in organic synthesis. One of the most powerful methods for constructing a carbon-c...

Due to the effect of colossal magnetoresistance, bulk lanthanum manganites have become one of the most fashionable objects of investigations in s...

The study of sonochemistry is concerned with understanding the effect of sonic waves and wave properties on chemical systems. The chemical effects ...

Electrospraying utilises electrical forces for liquid atomisation. Droplets obtained by this method are highly charged, to about half of the Raylei...

Hydrogen is one of the most important chemical products, and it is used in a wide series of industrial fields: chemical, petrochemical, metallurgic...

Molecular self-assembly is the process by which molecules adopt a defined arrangement without guidance or management from an outside source. Molecu...

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a colourless gas which occurs naturally in some environments such as sulphur springs, swamps and salt marshes, and is of...

Environmental awareness in recycling and limiting toxic emissions are, indeed, important. However, although not generally known, this book introduc...

Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of organic materials by heating in the absence or controlled amount of oxygen. Pyrolysis and gasification a...

The investigation of cyclodextrins (CDs) is developing rapidly. They are able to form inclusion complexes, a property which is one of their most im...