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E N C YC LO P E D I C DICTIONARY OF
NAMED PROCESSES IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY FOURTH EDITION
Alan E. Comyns
Joseph Stella, By-Products Plants, 1923/26, Oil on canvas, 61 × 61 cm (24 × 24 in.), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Goldowsky in memory of Esther Goldowsky, 1955.816, The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago.
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The author wishes to thank Kevin Craig (CRC Press) for designing the cover for the 2nd edition, which was used also, in different colors, in the 3rd and 4th editions. He had been inspired by Joseph Stella’s painting which had been proposed, but not accepted, as the frontispiece for the 1st edition, and is now printed in this edition. Previous editions 1. Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology, 1993. By Alan E. Comyns. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-855385-4 2. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology, 1999. By Alan E. Comyns. 2nd edn., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. ISBN 0-8493-1205-1 3. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology, 2007. By Alan E. Comyns. Foreword by Colin A. Russell. 3rd edn., Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, USA. ISBN 978-0-8493-9163-7
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Contents Foreword............................................................................................................................................ix Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................................xi Introduction...................