Industrial Gases

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D. Van Nostrand Company, 1919 - Gas - 371 pages
 

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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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Page 9 - The diffusion of one gas into another takes place with considerable rapidity under ordinary conditions. The rate is inversely proportional to the total pressure of the two gases, and approximately proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature. The effect of increased pressure is very noticeable if a...
Page ix - The aims of the book as stated in the author's preface are 'to give a general account of the manufacture and technical manipulation of gases, to describe briefly the development and general principles of industrial gas technology and to present a collection of data likely to be useful in connection with such technology.
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