本书是全国高职高专教育“十一五”规划教材，是根据最新高等职业教育化工技术类专业人才培养目标而编写的。全书共分为17个单元，每个单元都有精读部分和泛读部分组成。主要内容包括：基础化学、化工单元操作过程、炼油技术、无机化工、有机化工、精细化工、高分子化工、生物化工、清洁生产等。同时，为了提高学生阅读能力，将理论与工作实际相结合，还特意编进了一些产品和设备的说明书，设备的安装说明书。附录中设有数学符号表、常用有机基名表、化学元素表、单词表等。 本书适用于应用性、技能型人才培养的各类教育化工技术类相关专业，也可供相关科技人员参考。

前辅文
Lesson 1 Atomic structure
  Reading material Chemical bonding
Lesson 2 Nomenclature of organic compounds hydrocarbons
  Reading material Benzene
Lesson 3 Fluid flow phenomena
  Reading material Pumps
Lesson 4 Heat transfer
  Reading material Heat exchangers
Lesson 5 Distillation principle
  Reading material Distillation methods
Lesson 6 Gas absorption
  Reading material Plate columns and packed columns
Lesson 7 Crystallization
  Reading material Filtration and drying
Lesson 8 The technologies of petroleum refining
  Reading material Gasoline
Lesson 9 Synthetic ammonia
  Reading material Introduction to inorganic materials chemistry
Lesson 10 Styrene
  Reading material Organic chemical processing technology
Lesson 11 Food additives
  Reading material Considerations of industrial fine chemical synthesis
Lesson 12 Polymerization techniques
  Reading material Polymers
Lesson 13 Biochemical engineering
  Reading material Vitamins
Lesson 14 Clean coal technologies
  Reading material Clean prodution
Lesson 15 Computers and chemical engineering
  Reading material The introduction about a software application
Lesson 16 Specification sheet of some devices
  Reading material Specification sheet and introduction of materials
Lesson 17 The instrumentation of compressor of control system
  Reading material Operating instructions of lab scale system
Appendix 1 Names of common organic radicals
Appendix 2 The table of chemical elements
Appendix 3 Mathematical symbols
Appendix 4 Glossary
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