本书强调通过专业英语学习，建立和充实专业知识框架。教材分为“化学工业”、“化工工艺简介”、“化学工程”和“化工前沿领域”四大部分，有利专业英语教师进行主题教学。每个单元选用的原版专著和论文均达10处以上，语言丰富，有关化学工程和工艺的英语词汇反复出现。教材选用的语言材料新(大部分为90年代出版物)、范围广(选自国外40余种专著、教科书、专业期刊等)。学生可以通过学习这些材料，从各个层面上接触和深化主题，使基础比较差的学生得到明显提高，使基础比较好的学生能提高语言应用的熟练程度。与教材配套的教师参考资料随书赠送交流，已受到使用该教材的20余所高校有关教师的欢迎，并提供配套教辅材料。本教材提供了化学工程与工艺专业的比较丰富的语言材料，教师可以根据实际情况，加以深化处理，借以提高学生在专业英语方面听、说、写的能力。
PART 1 CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
Unit 1 Chemical Industry
Unit 2 Research and Development
Unit 3 Typical Activities of Chemical Engineers
Unit 4 Sources of Chemicals
PART 2 CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Unit 5 Basic Chemicals
Unit 6 Chlor-Alkali and Related Processes
Unit 7 Ammonia,Nitric Acid and Urea
Unit 8 Petroleum Processing
Unit 9 Polymers
PART 3 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Unit 10 What Is Chemical Engineering?
Unit 11 Chemical and Process Thermodynamics
Unit 12 What Do We Mean by Transport Phenomena? PART 1 CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
Unit 1 Chemical Industry
Unit 2 Research and Development
Unit 3 Typical Activities of Chemical Engineers
Unit 4 Sources of Chemicals
PART 2 CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Unit 5 Basic Chemicals
Unit 6 Chlor-Alkali and Related Processes
Unit 7 Ammonia,Nitric Acid and Urea
Unit 8 Petroleum Processing
Unit 9 Polymers
PART 3 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Unit 10 What Is Chemical Engineering?
Unit 11 Chemical and Process Thermodynamics
Unit 12 What Do We Mean by Transport Phenomena?
Unit 13 Unit Pperations in Chemical Engineering
Unit 14 Distillation
Unit 15 Solven Extraction,Leaching and Adsorption
Unit 16 Evaporation,Crystallization and Drying
Unit 17 Chemical Reaction Engineering
PART 4 FRONTIERS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Unit 18 Chemical Engineering Modeling
Unit 19 Introduction to Process Design
Unit 20 Material Science and Chemical Engineering
Unit 21 Chemical Industry and Environment
APPENDIXES
Appendix 1 Reading and Searching a Patent
Appendix 2 Design Infmation and Data
Appendix 3 化学化工常用构词
Appendix 4 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
Appendix 5 总词汇表
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