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THE DEFINITIVE CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY REFERENCE--FULLY REVISED

Updated to reflect the latest developments in operational procedures for today''s sophisticated chemical technologies, Chemical Technicians'' Ready Reference Handbook, Fifth Edition, remains the undisputed classic in the field. Expanded to include coverage for process operators, this authoritative resource contains in-depth details on chemical safety, laboratory procedures, chemical nomenclature, basic electricity, laboratory statistics, and instrumental techniques. Step-by-step directions for performing virtually every laboratory task are also included in this practical guide.

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE INCLUDES:

• Chemical process industry workers and government regulations
• Chemical plant and laboratory safety
• Chemical handling and hazard communication
• Handling compressed gases
• Pressure and vacuum
• Mathematics review and conversion tables
• Standard operating procedures
• Laboratory glassware
• pH measurement
• Basic electricity
• Sampling
• Laboratory filtration
• Recrystallization
• The balance
• Gravimetric analysis
• Preparation of solutions
• Process analyzers
• Plumbing, valves, and pumps
• Physical properties and determinations
• Extraction
• Distillation and evaporation
• Inorganic and organic chemistry review
• Chemical calculations and concentration expressions
• Volumetric analysis
• Chromatography
• Spectroscopy
• Atomic absorption spectroscopy