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TABLE 12-2 Doctoral Scientists and Engineers Employed in the United States in 1999.a... 

It was probably not appreciated by the drafters of the bill that it would be very difficult to get scientists and engineers employed in industry to come forward with information on public policy concerns in the absence of some protection for their livelihoods. 

Mathematicians, scientists, and engineers employ a type of shorthand in which algebraic operations are also expressed by symbols. In addition to the familiar symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, many other symbols are used. Table 7.11 illustrates some of the symbols that are commonly used. 

DNQ—novolac resist chemistry has proved to have remarkable dexibiUty and extendibiUty. First introduced for printing appHcations, DNQ—novolac resists have been available since the eady 1960s in formulations intended for electronics appHcations. At present, most semiconductor manufacturing processes employ this resist chemistry. Careful contemporary research and engineering support the continuing refinement of this family of materials. 

Chromatography is a technique for separating and quantifying the constituents of a mixture. Separation techniques are essential for the characterization of the mixtures that result from most chemical processes. Chromatographic analysis is used in many areas of science and engineering in environmental studies, in the analysis of art objects, in industrial quahty control (qv), in analysis of biological materials, and in forensics (see Biopolymers, analytical TECHNIQUES FiNE ART EXAMINATION AND CONSERVATION FoRENSic CHEMISTRY). Most chemical laboratories employ one or more chromatographs for routine analysis (1). 

The time taken to install a steam plant from eoneeption to produetion is about 42-60 months as eompared to 22-36 months for eombined eyele power plants. The aetual eonstruetion time is about 18 months, while environmental permits in many eases take 12 months and engineering 6-12 months. The time taken for bringing the plant on line affeets the eeonomies of the plant, the longer the eapital employed without return, aeeumulates interest, insuranee, and taxes. 

This section examines and reviews some of the basic principles diat engineers and sciendsts employ in performing design calculations mid predicting die performance of plant equipment. Topics include die tlicrmochemistry, chemical reacdon equilibrimii, chemical kinedcs, die ideal gas law, pardal pressure, pliase equilibrimii, and die Reynolds Number. These basic principles will assist die reader in acquiring a better miderslmidiiig of some of the material diat appears later in die book. 

Several basic principles that engineers and scientists employ in performing design calculations and predicting Uie performance of plant equipment includes Uieniiochemistiy, chemical reaction equilibrimii, chemical kinetics, Uie ideal gas law, partial pressure, pliase equilibrium, and Uie Reynolds Number. 

Economic concerns differ sharply from those of natural scientists and engineers. The most critical difference is in the outlook towards supply development. Many economists argue that market forces allow smooth adjustments to whatever happens to the physical stock of resources. Potentially, these market forces can produce resources cheaper than other methods presently employed to cause adjustments. At worst, the cost rises will be gradual and manageable. In contrast, these economists stress the harmful effects of governments on energy. 

In the course of his career, the plant engineer will be a party to a contract. His employment is a contract between himself and his employer unless he is self-employed. What is a contract A contract is an agreement between at least two parties to a matter. The important aspect is that the agreement is to the same thing. This is known as consensus ad idem, and follows an offer, which is accepted. An invitation to bid is not an offer, the offer being made by the bidder in submitting his bid. English law says that certain essential elements need to be met before a contract can be enforceable, and these are ... 

Information based on experience, which includes national standards, specifications and codes of practice, and also the technical and scientific literature reviews and reports. Corrosion engineers, technologists and scientists employed by specialist organisations or as consultants form the most important source of information, and their advice should be sought wherever possible. 

The aspects of medium engineering summarized so far were a hot topic in biocatalysis research during the 1980s and 1990s [5]. Nowadays, all of them constitute a well-established methodology that is successfully employed by chemists in synthetic applications, both in academia and industry. In turn, the main research interests of medium engineering have moved toward the use of ionic liquids as reaction media and the employment of additives. 

FIGURE 6.9 Flexicoking is a commercial process for refining petroleum that has been applied to heavy oil and tar sand fractions. The process employs circulating fluidized beds and operates at moderate temperatures and pressures. The reactor produces liquid fuels and excess coke. The latter is allowed to react with a gas-air mixture in the gasifier fluidized bed to provide a low-value heating gas that can be desulfurized and used as a plant fuel. Courtesy, Exxon Research and Engineering Company. 

Kohn, J., and Langer, R., A new approach to the development of bioerodible polymers for controlled release applications employing naturally occurring amino acids, in Proceeding of the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials. Science and Engineering. American Chemical Society, 1984, Vol. 51, pp. 119-121. 

More than just intuition tells us how important materials are. In 1989 the National Research Council (NRC) prepared a report, Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s (7) that examined in detail the impact of materials science on our national competitiveness. The NRC study surveyed eight major industries that together employed 7 million people in 1987 and had sales of more than 1.4 trillion. Additional millions of jobs in ancillary industries depend on the materials industry. Despite the very different needs for particular materials, the NRC survey also showed a remarkable consistency in generic and technological needs. Every industry surveyed expressed a clear need to produce new and traditional materials more economically and with a higher reproducibility and quality than is currently possible. 

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