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                                                          CH. 3. RATE LAWS AND

                                                           CH. 4 - ISOTHERMAL
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                                 COLLECTION   MULTIPLE   NONELEMENTARY   STEADY   CATALYSIS   RESIDENCE
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                                            REACTIONS  4-b  HOMOGENEOUS  4-b STATE HEAT  4-b   AND   4-b
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                                                 Figure P-2  Sequences for Studying the Text.
                                examples and clear explanations, rather than an outline of the principles and the
                                philosophy of chemical reaction engineering. There are many other applicatiions
                                described in the text.
                                D. The Applications
                                Important applications of chemical reaction engineering (CRE) of all kinds can
                                be found both iniside and outside the chemical process industries (CPI). In this
                                text, examples from the chemical process industries include' the manufacture of
                                ethylene oxide, phthalic  anhydride, ethylene glycol, metaxylene, styrene, sul-
                                fur trioxide, propylene glycol, ketene, and i-butane just  to name  a few. Also,
                                plant safety in the CPI is addressed in both example problems and homework
                                problems. These are real industrial reactions with actual data and reaction irate
                                law parameters.
                                     Because  of  the  wide  versatility of  the principles  of  CRE, a  number  of
                                examples outside the CPI are included, such as the use of  wetlands to degrade
                                toxic chlemicals, smog formation, longevity of motor oils, oil recovery, and phar-
                                macokiinetics (cobra bites,  SADD-MADD, drug delivery). A  sampling of  the
                                applications is shown graphically in the following figures.
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