Ullmann′s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry: Unit Operations I: v. B2 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527201327 ISBN 13: 9783527201327

Publisher: Wiley VCH, 1988

Synopsis

For more than eighty years, the name Ullmann′s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry has been synonymous with information of the highest quality. Chemists and engineers in industry and academia know that they can rely on the knowledge and expertise of around 3,000 first–class authors. The Fifth Edition, now available in print as a complete set, is a monumental reference work containing about 1,000 major articles, more than 16 million words, 30,000 figures, 10,000 tables, and innumerable references to further sources of information.
Ullmann′s users worldwide testify that this superb encyclopedia contains the most complete and up–to–date coverage of chemical technology currently available, including economic aspects, production, transportation, and toxicology. Ullmann′s is unsurpassed in terms of organization and presentation.
The encyclopedia consists of 37 volumes: 28 "A" volumes, 8 "B" volumes, and one cumulative Index volume.
Volumes A1 – A28 contain alphabetically ordered articles on industrial chemicals, product groups, and production processes.
Volumes B1 – B8 describe in detail the principles of chemical engineering, new and proven analytical methods, and the essentials of environmental protection technology.
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About this title

Synopsis

The 5th completely revised edition of this encyclopedia, since its first edition 75 years ago, is made up of 36 volumes, with over 16000 pages and 1000 major articles. It supplies coverage of worldwide chemical technology and offers guidance to the specialized techniques of concern to chemists and chemical engineers. It brings together articles from leading chemical companies, research centres, academic institutions and individual contributors, covering worldwide competitive information on chemical technology and process engineering. There are thousands of illustrations, diagrams and charts and the annual cumulative index provides easy access to all new and previously published volumes. There are also integrated compendia of basic unit operations and unit processes (B volumes). These eight B volumes provide basic knowledge in addition to the information on single topics in the alphabetically arranged 28 A volumes. They describe in detail the principles of chemical process engineering, new and proven analytical methods and the essentials of environmental protection technology. The first two volumes explain "Unit Operations" in chemical process engineering.

All B volumes can be purchased separately.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley VCH
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3527201327
• ISBN 13: 9783527201327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 651
• Editor: Arpe Hans–Jürgen