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Table of Contents
Part OneChemistry
Unit 1Chemistry and Chemists
Reading 1Chemistry and Chemists
Reading 2Paul D?Boyer
Reading 3The Founder of Chemical Industry—
Hou Debang
Unit 2Fundamentals of Chemistry
Reading 1Atoms and Atomic Structure
Reading 2Chemical Bonding
Reading 3What Factors Influence the Rate of a Chemical
Reaction?
Unit 3Inorganic Chemistry
Reading 1What is Inorganic Chemistry
Reading 2Preparation of Lead Dioxide Electrode
Unit 4Organic Chemistry
Reading 1What is Organic Chemistry
Reading 2Organic Nomenclature
Unit 5Analytical Chemistry
Reading 1Analytical Chemistry
Reading 2Determination of Blood Alcohol with Gas
Chromatography

Part TwoChemical Engineering
Unit 6Chemical Industry
ReadingA General View of Chemical Industry
Unit 7Chemical Engineering
ReadingWhat is Chemical Engineering?
Unit 8Unit Operation in Chemical Engineering
ReadingChemical Process
Unit 9Mass, Energy, and Momentum Balance
Equations
Reading 1The Modeling of Chemical Reactors
Reading 2What do We Mean by Transport
Phenomena ?
Unit 10Catalysis
Reading 1Catalysis
Reading 2Chemisorption of Nitrogen on ZSM?5
Zeolite
Unit 11Process Design
ReadingIntroduction to Process Design
Unit 12Chemical Process Modeling
Reading 1Introduction to Engineering Modeling
Reading 2Why Modeling?

Part ThreeMaterials and Fine Chemicals
Unit 13Polymers
Reading 1Polymers
Reading 2Polymers and their Additives
Unit 14Powder Coatings
ReadingPowder Coating System

Part FourEnergy Sources and Environmental Protection
Unit 15Energy Sources?Coal
Reading 1Coal
Reading 2Coal Combustion
Reading 3Coal Gasification
Reading 4Coal Liquefaction
Unit 16Engineering and Environment
Reading 1Engineering and Environment
Reading 2Overview of Environmental Issues
Reading 3Automobiles and the Environment
Reading 4PCBs in the Aquatic Environment
Reading 5Human Exposure to Toxic Metals

Part Five Food and Biochemistry
Unit 17Food Chemistry
Reading 1Estimation of Food Chemical Intake
Reading 2Dietary Fat?Sources and Composition
Unit 18Biochemistry
Reading 1Biochemistry and Enzyme
Reading 2A Patent: Process of Preparing a Tea
Product
Reading 3Food Irradiation
References