The role of oxygen in improving chemical processes - W J Thomas

This volume is based on the 6th BOC Priestley Conference and provides a platform for discussing oxygen's central role in many vital chemical processes. The book covers several themes including combustion processes, chemical synthesis, wet oxidation, and biological processes, each of which either directly or indirectly involves oxygen and oxygen transfer. Also included is a section devoted to the history of pollution and the gradual development of skills to protect the environment from varying sources of potential contamination - many of which involve oxygen as the ameliorating antidote. The Role of Oxygen in Improving Chemical Processes will be of interest to chemists, chemical engineers and environmental scientists, as well as to technologists working in a broad spectrum of processing where oxygen is a prime constituent.