"Catastrophic events such as the Bhopal, India tragedy and rising incidences of cancer in areas neighboring industrial facilities have heightened concern over the use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing and industry. Based on the author's research conducted through their develop…
"The pesticide dibromochloropropane, known as DBCP, was developed by the chemical companies Dow and Shell in the 1950s to target worm-like, soil-dwelling creatures called nematodes. Despite signs that it was dangerous, the chemical was widely used in U.S. agriculture and on Chiq…
Las industrias químicas y energéticas manejan productos yutilizan presiones y temperaturas que exigen la adopción de estrictas medidasde seguridad para reducir o anular la peligrosidad en el manejo de estasinstalaciones. Por otra parte, los grandes procesos de refino y petroquím…
by Plotkin, Jeffrey S., Wittcoff, Harold A., Reuben, Bryan G.
Updated and expanded, the Second Edition discusses how the majority of industrial organic chemicals and polymers are derived from seven major building blocks produced from petroleum and natural gas, these include ethylene, propylene, C4 olefins (butenes and butadiene), benzene t…
"This book describes and analyzes how seven major high-tech industries evolved in the United States, Japan, and Western Europe. The industries covered are machine tools, organic chemical products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, computers, semiconductors, and software. In each…
"Understand common scheduling as well as other advanced operational problems with this valuable reference from a recognized leader in the field. Beginning with basic principles and an overview of linear and mixed-integer programming, this unified treatment introduces the fundame…
