本书是一部专业的化学专业英语教材,全书选文侧重实际工艺及技术操作,内容涵盖了化学基础知识、化工单元操作、化工设备、无机工艺、石油化工及有机工艺、高分子材料、精细化工、环境保护、循环经济和清洁生产、煤化工、计算机在化工中的应用、生物技术、电化学工程、化工**、化工产品说明书等。为提高学生专业英语的阅读、翻译和写作能力,在本书中还穿插介绍了专业英语的特点和学习方法、专业英语翻译、专业英语写作。为适应新形式的需要,在本书的*后还增加了化工市场方面的内容。

contents
part 1chemistry and chemical industry1
lesson oneelements and compounds1
reading materialchemical equilibrium4
lesson twothe anatomy of a chemical manufacturing process8
reading materialmajor sectors of the chemical industry12part 2chemical engineering17
lesson threeheat transfer17
reading materialheat exchanger21
lesson fourthe nature of fluid flow25
reading materialpumps29
lesson fivedistillation35
reading materialplate columns and packed columns40
lesson sixcrystallization and filtration44
reading materialsolvent extraction and adsorption49part 3chemical technologies53
lesson sevensulphuric acid53
reading materialthe role of fertilizers57
lesson eightrefining petroleum60
reading materiallubricant64
lesson ninefabrication of plastics68
reading materialproperties of synthetic fibers73
lesson tensurface active agents76
reading materialclassification of dyes80
lesson elevencoal liquefaction84
reading materialsynthetic rubber91part 4