Screen reactive chemical hazards early in process development

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 51-63

  Mosley, David W ^a   Ness, Albert I ^b   Hendershot, Dennis C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REACTION KINETICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL HAZARDS; HAZARD ANALYSIS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS; REACTION CHEMISTRY;

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EID: 0034310579     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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