Applied Chemistry: A Textbook for Engineers and Technologists

✍ Scribed by O.V. Roussak, H. D. Gesser (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 382
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The second edition of Gesser’s classic Applied Chemistry includes updated versions of the original 16 chapters plus two new chapters on semiconductors and nanotechnology. This textbook introduces chemistry students to the applications of their field to engineering design and function across a wide range of subjects, from fuels and polymers to electrochemistry and water treatment. Each chapter concludes with a reading list of relevant books and articles as well as a set of exercises which include problems that extend the topics beyond the text. Other supplements to the text include a laboratory section with step-by-step experiments and a solutions manual for instructors.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Energy: An Overview....Pages 1-23
Solid Fuels....Pages 25-39
Crude Oil....Pages 41-55
Liquid Fuels....Pages 57-70
Alternate Fuels....Pages 71-83
Gaseous Fuels....Pages 85-103
Nuclear Energy....Pages 105-129
Lubrication and Lubricants....Pages 131-144
Electrochemistry, Batteries, and Fuel Cells....Pages 145-173
Corrosion....Pages 175-189
Polymers and Plastics....Pages 191-217
Adhesives and Adhesion....Pages 219-232
Paint and Coatings....Pages 233-244
Explosives....Pages 245-260
Water....Pages 261-277
Carbon-Based Polymers, Activated Carbons....Pages 279-290
Cement, Ceramics, and Composites....Pages 291-301
Semiconductors and Nanotechnology....Pages 303-309
Epilogue....Pages 311-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-372

✦ Subjects

Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Physical Chemistry; Renewable and Green Energy; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials