Wittcoff, Harold.

Industrial organic chemicals / Harold A. Wittcoff, Bryan G. Reuben. - New York : Wiley, c1996. - xxiv,531p : ill. ; 25cm + hbk

Rev. ed. of: Industrial organic chemicals in perspective. c1980. "A Wiley-Interscience publication.".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to use industrial organic chemicals -- The chemical industry -- Chemicals from natural gas and petroleum -- Chemicals and polymers from ethylene -- Chemicals and polymers from propylene -- Chemicals and polymers from the C4 stream -- Chemicals and polymers from the C5 stream -- Chemicals and polymers from benzene -- Chemicals and polymers from toluene -- Chemicals and polymers from xylenes -- Chemicals from methane -- Chemicals from alkanes -- Chemicals from coal -- Fats and oils -- Carbohydrates -- How polymers are made -- Industrial catalysis.



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