An introduction to the use of refinery gases, as derived from the ‘cracking’ proccesses, as raw material for a new chemical industry. From the cracked gas molecules and others, the chemist and the chemical engineer have learned to fashion and construct in new ways the molecules of a great many useful substances.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322533
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemical engineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemical processes
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemistry - Research
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Gases
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Molecules
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)