Petrochemicals in Nontechnical Language

ISBN-13: 9781593702168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 460 str.

Donald L. Burdick

Opis

Use it as a nontechnical encyclopedia or as a primer in petrochemical economics. DLC: 1. Petroleum chemicals.

Spis treści

• What you need to know about organic chemistry
• Processes and equipment
• Benzene
• Toluene and xylene
• Olefin plants, ethylene, and propylene
• Cyclohexane
• The C4 hydrocarbon family
• Cumene and phenol
• Ethylbenzene and styrene
• Ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride and epichlorohydrin
• Ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol
• Propylene oxide and propylene glycol
• Ethanolamines and polyols
• Methanol and synthesis gas
• Fischer-Tropsche process
• Lots of other alcohols
• MTBE
• Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde
• Ketones
• Acids
• Maleic
• Acrylonitrile, acrylic acid, and acrylates
• Aniline and phosgene
• Bisphenol A
• Alpha olefins
• Making polymers
• Thermoplastics
• MDI and TDI
• Polyurethane
• Epoxy resins and polycarbonates
• Fibers and other resins