Hazards of nitrogen and catalyst handling : a collection of booklets describing hazards and how to manage them

This book increases operators' awareness, within the chemical and process industries, to the hazards of nitrogen and potential hazards of using catalysts. It begins by describing nitrogen and the use of catalysts, its uses and properties, before pointing out the potential hazards. Using case studies of actual accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, it raises the knowledge and awareness of operators to the dangers of nitrogen and of using catalysts, enabling them to spot hazards before accidents occur. The book concludes with a self-test section allowing readers to test their understanding of the information presented. This is an excellent introduction to the topic for students. Content: Front Matter • Table of Contents 1. Safe Use of Nitrogen 2. Safe Handling of Catalyst • 3. Some Points to Remember • 4. Test Yourself! • 5. Bibliography

Fracture and slow crack growth reflect the response of a material (i.e., its microstructure) to the conjoint actions of mechanical and chemical driving forces and are affected by temperature. There is therefore a need for quantitative understanding and modeling of the influences of chemical and thermal environments and of microstructure, in terms of the key internal and external variables, and for their incorporation into design and probabilistic implications. This text, which the author has used in a fracture mechanics course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, is based on the work of the author's Lehigh University team whose integrative research combined fracture mechanics, surface and electrochemistry, materials science, and probability and statistics to address a range of fracture safety and durability issues on aluminum, ferrous, nickel, and titanium alloys and ceramics. Examples from this research are included to highlight the approach and applicability of the findings in practical durability and reliability problems.

"Fracture and 'slow' crack growth reflect the response of a material (i.e., its microstructure) to the conjoint actions of mechanical and chemical driving forces and are affected by temperature. There is therefore a need for quantitative understanding and modeling of the influences of chemical and thermal environments and of microstructure, in terms of the key internal and external variables, and for their incorporation into design and probabilistic implications. This text, which the author has used in a fracture mechanics course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, is based on the work of the author's Lehigh University team whose integrative research combined fracture mechanics, surface and electrochemistry, materials science, and probability and statistics to address a range of fracture safety and durability issues on aluminum, ferrous, nickel, and titanium alloys and ceramics. Examples are included to highlight the approach and applicability of the findings in practical durability and reliability problems"--Provided by publisher. "Fracture and 'slow' crack growth reflect the response of a material (i.e., its microstructure) to the conjoint actions of mechanical and chemical driving forces and are affected by temperature. There is therefore a need for quantitative understanding and modeling of the influences of chemical and thermal environments and of microstructure, in terms of the key internal and external variables, and for their incorporation into design and probabilistic implications. This text, which the author has used in a fracture mechanics course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, is based on the work of the author's Lehigh University team whose integrative research combined fracture mechanics, surface and electrochemistry, materials science, and probability and statistics to address a range of fracture safety and durability issues on aluminum, ferrous, nickel, and titanium alloys and ceramics. Examples are included to highlight the approach and applicability of the findings in practical durability and reliability problems"--Résumé de l'éditeur Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Physical basis of fracture mechanics; 3. Stress analysis of cracks; 4. Experimental determination of fracture toughness; 5. Fracture considerations for design; 6. Subcritical crack growth - creep controlled crack growth; 7. Subcritical crack growth - stress corrosion cracking and fatigue crack growth (phenomenology); 8. Subcritical crack growth - environmentally enhanced crack growth under sustained loads (or stress corrosion cracking); 9. Subcritical crack growth - environmentally assisted fatigue crack growth (or corrosion fatigue); 10. Science-based probability modeling and life-cycle engineering and management.