Pyrolysis of Organic Molecules: Applications to Health and Environmental Issues: Volume 28 (Techniques and Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry, Volume 28) - Hardcover

Moldoveanu, Serban

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444531130 ISBN 13: 9780444531131

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2009

Synopsis

Pyrolysis of Organic Molecules with Applications to Health and Environmental Issues, the 28th volume in the Techniques and Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry series, gives a systematic and comprehensive description of pyrolysis of non-polymeric organic molecules. Pyrolysis is involved in many practical applications as well as in many common human activities, but harmful compounds can be generated in the process. The study of pyrolysis and of the formation of undesirable compounds as a result of pyrolytic processes is of considerable interest to chemists, chemical engineers, and toxicologists.

• Pyrolysis results for compounds not previously studied or reported
• Updated information from a large body of results published on pyrolysis of individual compounds or classes of compounds
• Information on mechanisms and kinetics of numerous pyrolytic processes

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Serban C. Moldoveanu held several teaching positions at the University of Bucharest, Romania, until 1983, when he immigrated to the United States. There, he continued teaching at the university level for several years before focusing primarily on industrial research. He served as Senior Principal Scientist at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and retired at the end of 2023. His research has centered on various aspects of chromatography, including method development for the analysis of natural products using GC/MS, HPLC, and LC/MS/MS. He has also investigated the pyrolysis of a variety of polymers and organic compounds. Dr. Moldoveanu has published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 8 books with Elsevier, approximately 22 patents/patent applications, and several book chapters. He was honored with the Tobacco Science Research Conference Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and currently serves as an editor for three chemistry journals.

From the Back Cover

Pyrolysis of Organic Molecules with Applications to Health and Environmental Issues, the 28th volume in the Techniques and Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry series, provides a systematic and comprehensive examination of the pyrolysis of non-polymeric organic molecules. Pyrolysis is involved in many practical applications as well as in common human activities, but harmful compounds can be generated in the process. The study of pyrolysis and of the formation of undesirable compounds as a result of pyrolytic processes is of considerable interest to chemists, chemical engineers, and toxicologists.

This volume contains:

• Pyrolysis results for compounds not previously studied or reported
• Updated information from the large body of data published on pyrolysis of individual compounds or classes of compounds
• Coverage of the mechanisms and kinetics of numerous pyrolytic processes

Serban Moldoveanu is a Principal Scientist at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., working in pyrolysis of organic compounds, with particular interest in the generation of toxic compounds during the pyrolytic process.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444531130
• ISBN 13: 9780444531131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 817