Royal Society of Chemistry Industrial Inorganic Chemicals: Production and Uses

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals pulls together authoritative contributions from acknowledged experts to form a comprehensive, sector-by-sector review of the contemporary inorganic chemicals industry, with a global overview of its importance. It shows how different parts of the industry integrate and supply others, placing production and consumption rates in relative as well as absolute perspective. Chapters cover commodity and speciality inorganic chemicals, with the production and uses of derived products described in detail. The book describes how the last two decades have witnessed a cleaning up of an industry with a reputation for damaging health and environments. It shows the role in this of tightening legislation and practical action, with particular reference to metals smelting and the physical treatment and use of production by-products. It also addresses perceived shortcomings in the teaching of `pure' chemistry courses, which often fail to prepare graduates for entry into manufacturing. In dealing with this issue, the book will be useful to undergraduates and others unfamiliar with industrial design. Industrial Inorganic Chemicals is set to be a mainstay of the reading lists of many undergraduates and graduates in applied, physical and inorganic chemistry, and chemical engineering, for some years to come. It will prepare teachers and industry professionals with a valuable working knowledge of the state of the industry, and the scientist's role within it.