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absorption According action air producer gas alkali ammonia ammonium apparatus application argon atmospheres atms Badische blue water gas calcium calcium carbide calorific value carbon dioxide carbon monoxide catalyst caustic soda Chem chloride coal gas coke combustion compounds concentration considerable containing cooling effect copper cost cyanamide cylinder decomposition diaphragms efficiency electric electrodes electrolytic employed equilibrium formation fraction ft.³ ft.3 atms fuel bed furnace gaseous gases Griesheim-Elektron heat-interchanger helium high temperatures important impurities increase iron Joule-Thomson effect lime Linde liquefaction liquefied liquid air litres manufacture metal methane method mixture neon nickel nitrous oxide obtained operation oxygen ozone passing patents percentage plant potassium present pressure production pure purification purity reaction reduced removal retorts semi-water gas separation sodium solution specific heat steam sulphate sulphur dioxide sulphuretted hydrogen sulphuric acid thermal Trans treatment tube usually valve velocity volume water gas water vapour
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Page v - ... conditions. A book giving a comprehensive survey of the industry can be of very material assistance to the student as an adjunct to his ordinary textbooks, and this is one of the chief objects of the present series. Those actually engaged in the industry who have specialized in rather narrow limits will probably find these books more readable than the larger textbooks when they wish to refresh their memories in regard to branches of the subject with which they are not immediately concerned. The...
Page iii - GENERAL PREFACE THE rapid development of Applied Chemistry in recent years has brought about a revolution in all branches of technology. This growth has been accelerated during the war, and the British Empire has now an opportunity of increasing its industrial output by the application of this knowledge to the raw materials available in the different parts of the world. The subject in this series of handbooks will be treated from the chemical rather than the engineering standpoint. The industrial...
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