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Chemical Thermodynamics for Industry

The Royal Society of Chemistry

Contents

Chapter 1 Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for Industry S. Kjelstrup, A. Røsjorde and E. Johannessen, 1, 
Chapter 2 A Modelling Technique for Non-equilibrium Metallurgical Processes Applied to the LD Converter M. Modigell, A. Traebert, P. Monheim and K. Hack, 12, 
Chapter 3 Multiphase Thermodynamics of Pulp Suspensions P. Koukkari, R. Pajarre and E. Räsänen, 23, 
Chapter 4 Reactive Distillation H. G. Schoenmakers and W. Arlt, 33, 
Chapter 5 Thermodynamic Properties from Quantum Chemistry S.I. Sandler, 43, 
Chapter 6 Thermodynamics of Natural Gas Clathrate Hydrates E.D. Sloan, 57, 
Chapter 7 Ionic Liquids in Separation Processes J. Gmehling, 76, 
Chapter 8 Spectrocalorimetric Screening for Complex Process Optimization F. Dan and J-P.E. Grolier, 88, 
Chapter 9 Microcalorimetry for the Pharmaceutical Industry A.E. Beezer, 104, 
Chapter 10 Isothermal Flow-Microcalorimetry: Principles and Applications for Industry M.A.A. O'neill, 110, 
Chapter 11 Transport Properties and Industry W.A. Wakeham and M.J. Assael, 122, 
Chapter 12 Micro- and Nano-particles Production Using Supercritical Fluids E. Reverchon and I. De Marco, 132, 
Chapter 13 Calorimetric Measurements of Thermophysical Properties for Industry J-P.E. Grolier and F. Dan, 144, 
Chapter 14 Plastic Recycling W. Arlt, 159, 
Chapter 15 Industry Perspective on the Economic Value of Applied Thermodynamics and the Unmet Needs of AspenTech Clients C-C. Chen, S. Watanasiri, P. Mathias and V.V. De Leeuw, 166, 
Chapter 16 Thermodynamics of New Materials M. Schroeder and M. Martin, 180, 
Chapter 17 Thermodynamic Prediction of the Formation and Composition Ranges of Metastable Coating Structures in PVD Processes P.J. Spencer, 197, 
Chapter 18 Thermodynamics of the Nano-Sized Particles T. Tanaka, J. Lee and N. Hirai, 209, 
Chapter 19 Thermodynamics of Electrolyte Systems of Industry K. Thomsen, 219, 
Chapter 20 Thermodynamics of Crystallization A.S. Teja and R.W. Rousseau, 230, 
Chapter 21 Thermodynamics of Adsorption A.L. Myers, 243, 
Chapter 22 Mesoscopic Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics of Polymer Crystallization D. Reguera and J.M. Rubí, 254, 
Chapter 23 Applied Thermodynamics for Petroleum Fluids in the Refining Industry D. Ramjugernath and R. Sharma, 262, 
Subject Index, 274, 

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