Chemical Technicians' Ready Reference Handbook

Jack T. Ballinger, Ed.D., is professor of chemistry at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley and the author of Chemical Technician's Ready Reference Handbook, published by McGraw-Hill. Dr. Ballinger has taught chemical technology courses for the past 29 years. He is a member of the American Chemical Society's coordinating committee developing national skill standards for the chemical process industry. Gershon J. Shugar is the author of The Chemist’s Ready Reference Handbook, also published by McGraw-Hill, and professor emeritus of engineering technologies at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey. In 1947, Dr. Shugar founded a chemical manufacturing business that became the largest exclusive pearlescent pigment manufacturing company in the United States. In 1968, he was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at Rutgers University, where he taught until his appointment at Essex County College.

• Chapter 1. Chemical Process Industry Workers and Government RegulationsChapter 2. Chemical Plant and Laboratory SafetyChapter 3. Chemical Handling and Hazard CommunicationChapter 4. Handling Compressed GasesChapter 5. Pressure and VacuumChapter 6. Mathematics Review and Conversion TablesChapter 7. Standard Operating ProceduresChapter 8. Laboratory GlasswareChapter 9. pH MeasurementChapter 10. Basic ElectricityChapter 11. SamplingChapter 12. Laboratory FiltrationChapter 13. RecrystallizationChapter 14. The BalanceChapter 15. Gravimetric AnalysisChapter 16. Preparation of SolutionsChapter 17. Process AnalyzersChapter 18. Plumbing, Valves, and PumpsChapter 19. Physical Properties and DeterminationsChapter 20. ExtractionChapter 21. Distillation and EvaporationChapter 22. Inorganic Chemistry ReviewChapter 23. Organic Chemistry ReviewChapter 24. Chemical Calculation and Concentration ExpressionsChapter 25. Volumetric AnalysisChapter 26. ChromatographyChapter 27. SpectroscopyChapter 28. Atomic Absorption SpectroscopyAppendix A. Commonly Used AbbreviationsAppendix B. Physical Properties of WaterAppendix C. Glossary of Chemical Process TermsIndex