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PART 1 CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
Unit 1 Chemical Industry
Unit 2 Research and Development
Unit 3 Typical Activities of Chemical Engineers
Unit 4 Sources of Chemicals
PART 2 CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Unit 5 Basic Chemicals
Unit 6 Chlor-Alkali and Related Processes
Unit 7 Ammonia,Nitric Acid and Urea
Unit 8 Petroleum Processing
Unit 9 Polymers
PART 3 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Unit 10 What Is Chemical Engineering?
Unit 11 Chemical and Process Thermodynamics
Unit 12 What Do We Mean by Transport Phenomena? PART 1 CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
Unit 1 Chemical Industry
Unit 2 Research and Development
Unit 3 Typical Activities of Chemical Engineers
Unit 4 Sources of Chemicals
PART 2 CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Unit 5 Basic Chemicals
Unit 6 Chlor-Alkali and Related Processes
Unit 7 Ammonia,Nitric Acid and Urea
Unit 8 Petroleum Processing
Unit 9 Polymers
PART 3 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Unit 10 What Is Chemical Engineering?
Unit 11 Chemical and Process Thermodynamics
Unit 12 What Do We Mean by Transport Phenomena?
Unit 13 Unit Pperations in Chemical Engineering
Unit 14 Distillation
Unit 15 Solven Extraction,Leaching and Adsorption
Unit 16 Evaporation,Crystallization and Drying
Unit 17 Chemical Reaction Engineering
PART 4 FRONTIERS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Unit 18 Chemical Engineering Modeling
Unit 19 Introduction to Process Design
Unit 20 Material Science and Chemical Engineering
Unit 21 Chemical Industry and Environment
APPENDIXES
Appendix 1 Reading and Searching a Patent
Appendix 2 Design Infmation and Data
Appendix 3 化学化工常用构词
Appendix 4 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
Appendix 5 总词汇表