Product engineering : molecular structure and properties /
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| Author / Creator: | Wei, James, 1930- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topics in chemical engineering Topics in chemical engineering (Oxford University Press) |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11153437 |
| Summary: | The current chemical engineering curriculum concentrates on process: the efficient manufacturing in quantity of traditional chemical products such as ammonia and benzene. However, many chemical companies now invent and manufacture specialty products with particular properties such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and electronic coatings, and their employees need to know how to design the products as well as manufacture them. James Wei, a famous chemical engineer, is writing this book to provide theories and case studies in product engineering the design of new, useful products with desired properties. The first section relates historical case studies of successful product invention and development by individuals and companies. The second part of the book describes the toolbox of molecular structure-property relations. A desired product needs to have certain properties (for example, phase transition or thermal properties) and the chemist must find or design a molecular structure with the required properties This section will instruct chemists in the analysis of structure and property information. The third section is concerned with the next stage: product research and design. It will discuss improving the desired product by additives and blending, among other strategies. It will also cover future challenges in product engineering. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195347920 0195347927 9780195159172 0195159179 9781613441114 1613441118 1280914505 9781280914508 1282235133 9781282235137 9786612235139 6612235136 1429468785 9781429468787 0197561993 9780197561997 |