Author: Dennis P. Nola
Publisher: William Andrew Publishing
Keywords: application, hazop, pha, reviews, second, industries, security, review, process, safety
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2008-06-14
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0815515464
ISBN-13: 9780815515463

This book describes the application of major safety reviews used in the process industries (principally petroleum, petrochemical, chemical industries, nuclear installations, utility systems, and medical facilities). It provides guidance on qualitative hazard analyses, specifically for PHA (Preliminary Hazard Analysis), What-If, and HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) for review teams. OSHA and EPA as well as national governments all over the world, require industry to conduct these reviews to help prevent major catastrophic fire, explosions and oil spillages.In 2007, the Department of Homeland Secu

Author: John Hick
Publisher: William Andrew Publishing
Keywords: design, welded
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2005-06-23
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0815514743
ISBN-13: 9780815514749

A thoroughly practical text, but with sufficient theory to aid understanding of the welding parameters of strength, fatigue and failure, Welded design provides specialist information on a topic often omitted from engineering courses.

Author: Nam-Trung Nguyen
Publisher: William Andrew Publishing
Keywords: nano, technologies, micro, amp, fabrication, fundamentals, design, micromixers
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2008-02-21
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 081551543X
ISBN-13: 9780815515432

A wide range of applications in chemistry and biochemistry are driving the rapid development of microfluidics. This book focuses its attention on an important subtopic of microfluidics; mixing in microscale. It provides the fundamentals of transport effects in microscale including molecular diffusion, convection, and chaotic advection.The science and technology of microfluidics cover a wide spectrum and the science of mixing in microscale has evolved from reports on fabricated devices to an extensive collection of established knowledge. The focal point of Micromixers: Fundamentals, Design, a

Author: PDL Staff
Publisher: William Andrew
Keywords: handbook, pdl, series, guide, practical, plastics, joining
Number of Pages: 588
Published: 1998-01-14
List price: $325.00
ISBN-10: 1884207170
ISBN-13: 9781884207174

This book is an excellent reference and an invaluable resource for novice and expert alike in determining the best joining technique for their application and providing guidance in how to design and prepare for production.

Author: Michael Pecht
Publisher: William Andrew
Keywords: china, policy, makers, interest, companies, guide, electronics, industry, definitive
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 2007-01-14
List price: $370.00
ISBN-10: 0815515367
ISBN-13: 9780815515364

China’s Electronics Industry is a comprehensive and current report on the technologies, manufacturing capabilities, and infrastructure that have made China a major player in the electronics industry. Not only does it cover the past, present, and future of important electronic technologies, but also the pros and cons of conducting business in China. This is an important reference for any company planning a venture in China as well as those who have already taken their first steps. It will also be of great interest to researchers and policy makers who need to know more about the role of ce

Authors:Kiyotaka Wasa, Shigeru Haber,
Publisher: William Andrew
Keywords: technology, science, process, series, materials, principles, sputter, deposition, handbook, applications
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1993-01-14
List price: $147.00
ISBN-10: 0815512805
ISBN-13: 9780815512806

A concise, comprehensive overview of sputter deposition technologyua key technology for materials research in the next decade. Cathode sputtering is widely used in the microelectronics industry for silicon integrated circuit production and for metallurgical coatings. High temperature superconductors can be synthesized with sputtering under non-equilibrium conditions. Diamond films and ferroelectric materials are other applications.

Author: Helena L. Chum
Publisher: William Andrew
Keywords: materials, biobased, polymers
Number of Pages: 179
Published: 1991-01-04
List price: $147.00
ISBN-10: 0815512716
ISBN-13: 9780815512714

Polymers from biobased materials are polymers derived from renewable resources by chemical or combined chemical and mechanical methods, or produced directly in biological processes. Combinations of renewable and conventional fossil-fuel-derived plastics are also biobased materials. This assessment reviews materials from renewable resources and their properties including major biopolymers produced by plants and selected animal sources.