crystallization, fourth edition

[...]...//SYS21///SYS21/D/B&H3B2/CRS/REVISES(02-03-01)/CRSA01.3D ± 10 ± [1±16/16] 9.3.2001 11:50AM Preface to First Edition Crystallization must surely rank as the oldest unit operation, in the chemical engineering sense Sodium chloride, for example, has been manufactured by this process since the dawn of civilization... literature such a recommendation is not made lightly, but there is a real deficiency of this type //SYS21///SYS21/D/B&H3B2/CRS/REVISES(02-03-01)/CRSA01.3D ± 11 ± [1±16/16] 9.3.2001 11:50AM Preface to First Edition xi of published information There is, at the same time, a wealth of knowledge and experience retained in the process industries, much of it empirical but none the less valuable when collected and... useful for calculating the number of faces, edges and corners of any polyhedron: E ˆF ‡CÀ2 This relationship states that the number of edges is two less than the sum of the number of faces and corners A fourth element of symmetry which is exhibited by some crystals is known by the names `compound, or alternating, symmetry', or symmetry about a Table 1.1 Properties of some regular and semi-regular forms . the Reed Elsevier plc group First published 1961 Second edition 1972 Third edition 1992 Reprinted 1994, 1995 Paperback edition 1997 Fourth edition 2001 # Reed Educational and Professional Publishing. Pvt Ltd, Pondicherry, India 605005; www.integra-india.com Contents Preface to Fourth Edition Preface to First Edition Nomenclature and units 1 The crystalline state 1.1 Liquid crystals 1.2. 9.3.2001 11:50AM Pref ace to F o urth Edit i o n This fourth edition of Crystallization has been substantially rewritten and up-dated. The 1961 first edition, written primarily for chemical engineers