Handbook shoes how to solve the main process-related problems that often crop up in chemical engineering practice. Includes new chapters on biotechnology, cost engineering, and water-pollution control. For chemical engineers. Previous edition: c1994. DLC: Chemical engineering–Mathematics.

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