Handbook of Industrial Crystallization [Hardcover]

Allan Myerson (Author), Joseph Jacovs (Author), Violet Jacovs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 16, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0750691557 | ISBN-13: 978-0750691550

This book provides an introduction to the field for newcomers and a reference to those involved in the various aspects of industrial crystallization. It is a complete volume covering all aspects of industrial crystallization, including material related to both fundamentals and applications.

The Handbook of Industrial Crystallization is the first to contain material related both to fundamentals and applications of crystallization. This book provides a foundation of fundamental information in the first four chapters, followed by chapters on specific applications such as precipitation, design agitation, and biomolecules. This book will provide an introduction to the field for newcomers and a reference for those involved in the various aspects of industrial crystallization.

Serves as both an introduction and a reference guide to the field.
Covers both the fundamentals and applications of industrial crystallization.

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The Handbook of Industrial Crystallization is the first to contain material related both to fundamentals and applications of crystallization. This book provides a foundation of fundamental information in the first four chapters, followed by chapters on specific applications such as precipitation, design agitation, and biomolecules.

About the Author

Allen S. Myerson is the Joseph and Violet Jacobs Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnic University. An internationally recognized expert in the field of crystallization, Dr. Myerson specializes in metastable solution structure and impurity crystal interactions. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Prior to his position at Polytechnic University, he served on the faculty at the University of Dayton and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Myerson has published approximately 60 papers in technical journals and has edited one book. He is a consultant, in the area of crystallization, to a number of companies in the United States and Japan.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (November 16, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750691557
• ISBN-13: 978-0750691550
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,288,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A complete volume covering fundamentals and applications, January 17, 2002

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This review is from: Handbook of Industrial Crystallization, Second Edition (Hardcover)

Has detailed chapters on biomolecules, precipitation, impurity-crystal interactions, solubility, and design.