Petrochemicals in nontechnical language
By: Donald L. Burdick, William L. Leffler.
Contributors: Leffler, William L.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: PennWell Corp.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Tulsa, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
Subjects: Petroleum chemicals.
Other titles: Petrochemicals
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface vii; title: What you need to know about organic chemistry; title: 2 Benzene 2.1; title: 3 Toluene and the xylenes 41; title: 4 Cyclohexane 55; title: i5 Olefins plants, ethylene, and propylene 65; title: 6 The C4 hydrocarbons family 87; title: Coimentary One 101; title: 7 Cumene and phenol F 105; title: 8 Ethylbenzene and styrene 119; title: 9 Ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride 135; title: 10 Ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol 145; title: 11 Propylene oxide and propylene glycol 157; title: Commentary Two 1169; title: 1 2 Methanol and syntheisgas 173; title: 13 Methyl tertiary 6buyl ether 185; title: 14 Some other alcohols 191; title: 15 The higher alcohols 213; title: 16 Formaldehyde and acetaldehde 227; title: 17 The ketones 239; title: 18 The acids 5255; title: 19 Acrylonitrile acrylic acid, and the acrylates 273; title: 20 Maleic anhydride 2 93; title: 21 Alpha olefins 301; title: Commentary Three 315; title: 22 The nature of polymers 319; title: 23 Thermoplastics 335; title: 24 Resins and fibers 359; title: Commentary Four 377; title: Appendix 1 Conversion and yield 379; title: Appendix 2 Abbreviations of the chemicals industry 383; title: Glossary 385; title: Exercise answers 419; title: Index 435.