Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry: Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, and Business

This book offers a broad understanding of several different topics important to industrial chemistry. It discusses the connectivity between major chemicals, showing how a chemical is made along with why and some of the business considerations. (For example, the synthesis of chlorine is used to illustrate the concept of coproduction, captive use, and demand; the major outlet for chlorine is to make PVC which is tied to the housing market; the raw material cost of PVC is less dependent upon petroleum pricing than the other major polymers.) Not intended to give expert detail on all areas, the textbook gives an overview background putting chemical industry topics in context and tying together many of the principles chemistry majors learn across more specific courses. By exposing readers to these important industry topics, the book helps smooth transition from a student to an industrial professional and also assists those already in industry who may be missing a larger picture through narrow focus on a particular chemical area only.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Inorganic Chemicals Sulfuric acid Phosphoric acid Lime Soda ash Titanium dioxide Sodium chloride and chloralkali Chapter 3 Gases Syn gas Nitrogen, oxygen Ammonia Chapter 4 Patents Chapter 5 Petrochemicals Crude Oil Coal and Natural Gas Ethylene Propylene BTX Chapter 6 Business Considerations Six Sigma Stage–Gate™ Organization Gantt Charts Cost Estimates Scale–up Considerations Chapter 7 Polymer Basics Chapter 8 Some Industrially Important Polymers Polyethylene Polypropylene Polyvinyl chloride Other Olefin Polymers Polyester Polycarbonate Nylon Polyimide Fluoropolymers Polyphenylene Sulfide Acetal Resin Thermosets Chapter 9 Blends and Additives Blends Antioxidants UV Stabilizers Antistatic Agents Peroxides Lubricants Flame Retardants Heat Stabilizers Plasticizers Other Chapter 10 Pharmaceuticals The Drug Development Process Regulations Synthetic Considerations Chirality Chapter 11 Pharmaceuticals–Some Important Drugs Introduction Cholesterol Drugs Hypertension Proton Pump Inhibitors Diabetes Antidepressants Chapter 12 Agricultural Chemicals Overview Fertilizer Insecticides Herbicides Fungicides Chapter 13 Design of Experiments and Statistical Process Control Introduction Design of Experiments Statistical Process Control Chapter 14 Safety and Environmental Considerations Safety and Responsible Care Environmental Compliance Green Chemistry

John Tyrell teaches a number of chemistry courses that include Industrial and Polymer Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Dr. Tyrell holds sixty–eight patents and has more than twenty years of industrial research experience, at Lederle Laboratories, General Electric Plastics, and OxyChem. He co–authored the book Fundamentals of Heterocyclic Chemistry: Importance in Nature and in the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals which was published by Wiley.