Chemical Monitoring and Management
keep it simple science
Ryde Secondary College, SL#710371
INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
What is this topic about?
To keep it as simple as possible, (K.I.S.S.) this topic involves the study of: 1. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 2. CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM 3. PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID 4. PRODUCTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE 5. SOAP & DETERGENTS 6. THE SOLVAY PROCESS FOR Na2CO3 ...all in the context of the applications of Chemistry in human society. 1. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
The “Invisible” Industry
Most people are familiar with some aspects of the production and manufacture of the many goods we need and use every day, but do not understand the vast chemical industry which underlies it all. You might never have seen inside a paper mill, but you can at least imagine that it is a big factory where wood chips go in one end, and paper comes out the other. You are familiar with paper itself, so you can get your head around the idea that it is made in a factory somewhere.
Paper Mill Burnie, Tasmania Photo by Diana
HSC Chemistry Option Topic
Sugar Cane Harvesting
Photo ©Robert Lincolne 2006 Used with permission
You might never have visited a sugar plantation or wheatgrowing farm, but you eat bread and sprinkle sugar on your breakfast cereal, so producing these foods seems quite understandable. What is “hidden” is that farming (in general terms) uses vast quantities of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals which are the products of an “invisible” chemical industry. We do not generally buy and use chemicals such as sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, ammonia, or 1,3-butadiene, so we don’t appreciate that these chemicals are consumed in vast quantities to manufacture the everyday things we use and need. This topic will give you a glimpse of that “invisible”, underlying industry which is vital to all the others...
What most people do not realize is that paper manufacture uses not only wood chips, but huge quantities of chemicals such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and chlorine
Ryde Secondary College, SL#710371
INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
What is this topic about?
To keep it as simple as possible, (K.I.S.S.) this topic involves the study of: 1. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 2. CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM 3. PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID 4. PRODUCTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE 5. SOAP & DETERGENTS 6. THE SOLVAY PROCESS FOR Na2CO3 ...all in the context of the applications of Chemistry in human society. 1. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
The “Invisible” Industry
Most people are familiar with some aspects of the production and manufacture of the many goods we need and use every day, but do not understand the vast chemical industry which underlies it all. You might never have seen inside a paper mill, but you can at least imagine that it is a big factory where wood chips go in one end, and paper comes out the other. You are familiar with paper itself, so you can get your head around the idea that it is made in a factory somewhere.
Paper Mill Burnie, Tasmania Photo by Diana
HSC Chemistry Option Topic
Sugar Cane Harvesting
Photo ©Robert Lincolne 2006 Used with permission
You might never have visited a sugar plantation or wheatgrowing farm, but you eat bread and sprinkle sugar on your breakfast cereal, so producing these foods seems quite understandable. What is “hidden” is that farming (in general terms) uses vast quantities of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals which are the products of an “invisible” chemical industry. We do not generally buy and use chemicals such as sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, ammonia, or 1,3-butadiene, so we don’t appreciate that these chemicals are consumed in vast quantities to manufacture the everyday things we use and need. This topic will give you a glimpse of that “invisible”, underlying industry which is vital to all the others...
What most people do not realize is that paper manufacture uses not only wood chips, but huge quantities of chemicals such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and chlorine