The Nalco Water Handbook - Tapa dura

Prepared by a staff of experts in the field and sponsored by the largest company in the world specializing in chemicals for water treatment, this is the comprehensive sourcebook on water supply and treatment. It offers practical advice on how to improve water quality, optimize water usage and treatment processes, and avoid mistakes when dealing with vendors. Here, in one convenient reference, is everything you need to know about the best use of water in any situation and the best way to condition it. The book fully covers these important topics: chemistry of water; water sources; water contaminants; water treatment; water disposal; industrial use of water; and water used by municipalities. This new Second Edition has been revised and updated to reflect major advances in technology, in all aspects of the field, from analysis to unit operations. There is new coverage of coal and coke gasification; electric furnace steel and direct reduction steel production; ultrapure water as used in pharmaceutical plants, the electronics industry, and utility plants; acid rain; treating contaminated groundwater and toxic leachates; and chemical feed systems. New material is presented in the rapidly expanding areas of membrane separation and ion exchange. There's also a new chapter on energy which will be of particular interest to water chemists, especially those in utility plants.

During the past century, Nalco Company has grown from a fledgling water treatment business to the leading integrated water treatment and process improvement company in the world. They do this by focusing on our core markets of water treatment and process chemicals and on our corporate strengths - global presence, on-site expertise, and innovative products and services. Nalco's more than 11,000 employees work with more than 70,000 customers in 130 countries in industry, government and institutions to reduce water and energy consumption by solving and preventing problems, protecting the environment, decreasing costs, increasing productivity, improving profitability by reducing customer total costs of operation, and maintaining asset reliability.