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Industrial stoichiometry
Oct., 1954.]
BOOK REVIEWS
perature adhesives that some materials are suitable for bonding metals in structures operating at temperatures of 500-600 ° F. Enough detail is given in this book to enable the engineer to determine if an adhesive bond should be used and how to utilize an adhesive in the solution of a particular problem. It is desirable in a condensed book of this type to offer the reader interested in more details a comprehensive list of references. It is doubtful if the selected list of only 19 references appended to the book will satisfy the average reader. R . L . SMITH
INDUSTRIAL STOICHIOMETRY,by Warren K. Lewis, Arthur H. Radasch, and H. Clay Lewis. Second edition, 429 pages, diagrams, 16 × 24 cm. New York, McGrawHill Book Co., Inc., 1954. Price, $7.50. The first edition of this successful volume appeared during the mid-twenties in the McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineering Series. Since then, new problems have arisen in the chemical industry, improved computational methods have been developed, and the emphasis on certain educational techniques has shifted. Some of these changes are reflected in the second edition. Comparison with the first edition shows that the new volume contains three new chapters and that the old chapters were thoroughly revised in keeping with new developments. The theoretical aspects of stoichiometry are dealt with in two chapters: Introduction, Energy Balances and Equilibrium. Fuels and combustion are discussed in three chapters: Gaseous and Liquid Fuels, Solid Fuels, and Secondary Fuels. The two elements that brought about great transformations in the whole chemical industry are treated extensively in separate chapters: Sulfur Compounds and Nitrogen Compounds. The last five chapters are no less comprehensive: Lime and Cement, Fixed Alkalies, Metallurgy, Ceramics, and Design Problems. The volume intends to provide the student of inorganic industrial stoichiometry with a variety of techniques applicable to process analyses. This aim is accomplished by a careful analysis of seventy-two "Illustrations." They cover such topics as the analy-
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sis of producer gas, Morgan and Winkler gas producers, the Glover tower for conversion of SO~ into H.~SO4, the layout of a synthetic ammonia plant, a rotary cement kiln, the manufacture of-soda ash by the Solvay process, blast-furnace shaft-gas analysis, a formula for steel enamel, and the design of a tunnel kiln. The illustrative examples are replete with flow charts, block diagrams, and a wealth of analytical data in tabular or graphical form. The chapters end with a large number of graded problems some of which will tax even the ingenuity of professional industrial designers. Both illustrations and problems show that the authors are intimately familiar with the analysis of processes important to the inorganic chemical industry. Computational methods employed are mostly simple and straightforward; they require only a knowledge of arithmetic and simple algebra. Emphasis is on the process balance while check computations assure the student that his results are free of error. Besides conversions from one basis to another, it is frequently necessary to solve simultaneous linear equations. An iterative method for solving simultaneous non-linear equations, the application of De L'H6pital's rule, or a simple integration are the extent of more advanced mathematical tools used once or twice. The level of this volume would have been changed drastically by introduction of more advanced mathematical techniques, the likes of which the chemical engineer encounters with increasing frequency in industry. Since the authors have steered clear of such a course, the book will serve predominately undergraduate students or engineers studying industrial stoichiometry from the analysis of process operations and a variety of case problems. CARL HAMMER
~[ICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY, by M. W. P. Strandberg. 140 pages, plate, diagrams, 11 × 17 cm. London, Methuen & Co., Ltd. ; New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; 1954. Price, $2.50. This book presents the information required to "obtain and interpret microwave spectroscopic data." The subject matter is limited, however, to the investigation of
BOOK REVIEWS
perature adhesives that some materials are suitable for bonding metals in structures operating at temperatures of 500-600 ° F. Enough detail is given in this book to enable the engineer to determine if an adhesive bond should be used and how to utilize an adhesive in the solution of a particular problem. It is desirable in a condensed book of this type to offer the reader interested in more details a comprehensive list of references. It is doubtful if the selected list of only 19 references appended to the book will satisfy the average reader. R . L . SMITH
INDUSTRIAL STOICHIOMETRY,by Warren K. Lewis, Arthur H. Radasch, and H. Clay Lewis. Second edition, 429 pages, diagrams, 16 × 24 cm. New York, McGrawHill Book Co., Inc., 1954. Price, $7.50. The first edition of this successful volume appeared during the mid-twenties in the McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineering Series. Since then, new problems have arisen in the chemical industry, improved computational methods have been developed, and the emphasis on certain educational techniques has shifted. Some of these changes are reflected in the second edition. Comparison with the first edition shows that the new volume contains three new chapters and that the old chapters were thoroughly revised in keeping with new developments. The theoretical aspects of stoichiometry are dealt with in two chapters: Introduction, Energy Balances and Equilibrium. Fuels and combustion are discussed in three chapters: Gaseous and Liquid Fuels, Solid Fuels, and Secondary Fuels. The two elements that brought about great transformations in the whole chemical industry are treated extensively in separate chapters: Sulfur Compounds and Nitrogen Compounds. The last five chapters are no less comprehensive: Lime and Cement, Fixed Alkalies, Metallurgy, Ceramics, and Design Problems. The volume intends to provide the student of inorganic industrial stoichiometry with a variety of techniques applicable to process analyses. This aim is accomplished by a careful analysis of seventy-two "Illustrations." They cover such topics as the analy-
325
sis of producer gas, Morgan and Winkler gas producers, the Glover tower for conversion of SO~ into H.~SO4, the layout of a synthetic ammonia plant, a rotary cement kiln, the manufacture of-soda ash by the Solvay process, blast-furnace shaft-gas analysis, a formula for steel enamel, and the design of a tunnel kiln. The illustrative examples are replete with flow charts, block diagrams, and a wealth of analytical data in tabular or graphical form. The chapters end with a large number of graded problems some of which will tax even the ingenuity of professional industrial designers. Both illustrations and problems show that the authors are intimately familiar with the analysis of processes important to the inorganic chemical industry. Computational methods employed are mostly simple and straightforward; they require only a knowledge of arithmetic and simple algebra. Emphasis is on the process balance while check computations assure the student that his results are free of error. Besides conversions from one basis to another, it is frequently necessary to solve simultaneous linear equations. An iterative method for solving simultaneous non-linear equations, the application of De L'H6pital's rule, or a simple integration are the extent of more advanced mathematical tools used once or twice. The level of this volume would have been changed drastically by introduction of more advanced mathematical techniques, the likes of which the chemical engineer encounters with increasing frequency in industry. Since the authors have steered clear of such a course, the book will serve predominately undergraduate students or engineers studying industrial stoichiometry from the analysis of process operations and a variety of case problems. CARL HAMMER
~[ICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY, by M. W. P. Strandberg. 140 pages, plate, diagrams, 11 × 17 cm. London, Methuen & Co., Ltd. ; New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; 1954. Price, $2.50. This book presents the information required to "obtain and interpret microwave spectroscopic data." The subject matter is limited, however, to the investigation of