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General References Apian, Gravity Concentration, in Kirk and Othmer... 

Again, according to Kirk and Othmer (Ref 14a), the systematic study of the chemistry of organic peroxides began in the 1930 s. In recent years the amount of research in the field has increased considerably, and not only have many new organic peroxides been isolated but many of the peroxide reaction mechanisms have been elucidated. The development of safer, easily handled and more efficient polymerization initiators is a major goal... 

The most comprehensive collection of information on manufacturing processes is probably the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology edited by Kirk and Othmer (2001) (2003), which covers the whole range of chemical and associated products. Another encyclopedia covering manufacturing processes is that edited by McKetta (2001). Several books have also been published which give brief summaries of the production processes used for the commercial chemicals and chemical products. The most well known of these is probably Shreve s book on the chemical process industries, now updated by Austin and Basta (1998). Comyns (1993) lists named chemical manufacturing processes, with references. 

Kirk and Othmer, Encylcopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th Edition, Wiley, New York, 9,755-780 (1997). 

There are many other uses of ammonia discussed by Kirk and Othmer(Ref 32) Serruys(Ref 18) investigated ammonia and some other substances as possible motor fuel substitutes. Canright(Ref 41), Clark... 

Ammonium Compounds. A general description of such comps is given in Kirk and Othmer, 1(1947),810- 26(29 refs) as well as in the books on inorganic chemistry and in Chemical Abstracts. The compds which are used either as components of expls or propellants or for prepn of such components are listed in this dictionary individually,as for instance Ammonium Nitrate... 

The most comprehensive reference in this group was undoubtedly Kirk and Othmer (Ref. Gl). It provided an excellent historical background into process development and market characteristics, and also provided a broad coverage of the physical and chemical properties of nitric acid, handling methods, and materials of construction. A warning on using this or other process encyclopedias is that much of the technology presented in the first five references has now been superseded. 

LITERATURE REFERENCES 3 Timmermans 3 Kirk and Othmer, Encyc. of Chemical Technology 2, 651 (1948)... 

Fig. 10.8. Air-based direct oxidation process for ethylene oxide. (Encyclopedia of ChemicalTechnology, Kirk and Othmer, Web site ed., ethylene oxide, manufacture, 2002. Copyright by John Wiley Sons, Inc. and reproduced by permission of the copyright owner.)...

B. Comils and E. Wiebus, Chem. Tech. (Jan. 1995) 33 Kirk and Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th edn, John Wiley Sons, New York, Vol. 16, 1992, pp. 640-51. 

Fluid Mechanics is, according to the definition given by Kirk and Othmer, the scientific treatment of the action of forces on fluids, with particular emphasis on fluids in motion... 

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