Author | Spitz, Peter H. author. Author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut |
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Title | Primed for Success: The Story of Scientific Design Company [electronic resource] : How Chemical Engineers Created the Petrochemical Industry / by Peter H. Spitz |
Imprint | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019 |
Edition | 1st ed. 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12314-7 |
Descript | XXI, 197 p. 52 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource |
The global industry is poised for change -- Fuels and Chemicals Research help win World War II -- Three entrepreneurs join forces -- Conditions are perfect: A new industry grows rapidly -- Scientific Design becomes successful -- The big breakthrough: Mid Century Process -- More inventions: Nylon intermediates, Isoprene, Propylene Oxide -- Other firms: A period of breakthrough inventions -- The leading engineering firm for petrochemicals -- Oxirane and the formation of Halcon International -- A reach too far -- An Ending -- Epilogue