(BQ) The book examines each of the major chemical processes, such as reactions, separations, mixing, heating, cooling, pressure change, and particle size reduction and enlargement -- in logically arranged alphabetical chapters, providing you with an understanding of the essential qualitative analysis of each. | FM_Speight_HB1 11/8/01 3:43 PM Page iii CHEMICAL AND PROCESS DESIGN HANDBOOK James G. Speight MCGRAW-HILL New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto FM_Speight_HB1 11/8/01 3:44 PM Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Speight, J. G. Chemical and process design handbook / James Speight. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-07-137433-7 (acid-free paper) 1. Chemical processes. I. Title. .S63 2002 660′.2812—dc21 2001052555 McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 0-07-137433-7 The sponsoring editor for this book was Kenneth P. McCombs, the editing supervisor was David E. Fogarty, and the production supervisor was Pamela A. Pelton. It was set in the HB1A design in Times Roman by Kim Sheran, Deirdre Sheean, and Vicki Hunt of McGraw-Hill Professional’s Hightstown, New Jersey, composition unit. Printed and bound by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. This book was printed on recycled, acid-free paper containing a minimum of 50% recycled, de-inked fiber. McGraw-Hill books are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please write to the Director of Special Sales, Professional Publishing, McGraw-Hill, Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121-2298. Or contact your local bookstore. Information contained in this work has been obtained by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“McGraw-Hill”) from sources believed to be reliable. However, neither McGraw-Hill nor its authors guarantee the .
