1st Edition

High Pressure Technology Volume 2: Applications and Processes

By Ian L. Spain, Jac Paauwe Copyright 1977
560 Pages
by CRC Press

560 Pages
by Routledge

High pressure technology is used so extensively that it is almost impossible to catalogue the manyways in which our lives are enhanced by it. From pneumatic tires and household water supplies tomaterials such as crystals, plastics, and even synthetic diamond, there are countless materialsfabricated or shaped using high pressure technology. High Pressure Technology (in two volumes)presents the most... Read more
PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME II, CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME II, CONTENTS OF VOLUME I, 1: QUANTITATIVE CONSIDERATIONS OF REACTION AT HIGH PRESSURE, 2: CATALYTIC CHEMICAL SYNTHESES AT HIGH PRESSURE, 3: POLYMERIZATION AT HIGH PRESSURE, 4: PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AT HIGH PRESSURES, 5: CRITICAL BEHAVIOR IN FLUIDS, 6: LIQUEFACTION AND SEPARATION OF GASES, 7: SYNTHESIS OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL MATERIALS AT HIGH PRESSURE, 8: SYNTHESIS OF DIAMOND AND SUPERHARD MATERIALS, 9: ISOSTATIC PRESSING, 10: METALLURGICAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOSTATIC HOT-PRESSING, 11: HOT-PRESSING AT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES, 12: HYDROSTATIC FORMING OF METALS, 13: LIQUID JET-CUTTING, 14: STRONG SHOCK WAVES IN SOLIDS, INDEX

Biography

Ian L. Spain Laboratory for High Pressure Science and Engineering Materials Program Department of Chemical Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland. Jac Paauwe Naval Surface Weapons Center White Oak Laboratory Silver Spring, Maryland and Department of Chemical Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland.