What is Chemical Engineering?
Chemical engineering comprises the application of physical and biological sciences to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms.
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Subdiscipline
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Scope
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Major specialties
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Materials engineering
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Involves the properties of matter and its applications to engineering
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· Ceramic engineering, the theory and processing of raw oxide material (e.g. alumina oxide), and advanced material that are polymorphic, polycrystalline, oxide, and non-oxide ceramics
· Crystal engineering, the design and synthesis of molecular solid-state structures
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Process engineering
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Focuses on the design, operation, control, and optimization of chemical processes
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· Petroleum refinery engineering, the design of processes related to the manufacture of refined products
· Plastics engineering, the design of the production process of plastics products
· Paper engineering, the design of the production process of paper products
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Molecular engineering
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Focuses on the manufacturing of molecules.
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