ISGuides: Chemical and Process Engineering: Chem. Eng. Websites

Useful Chemical Engineering Websites

Websites for property, structural and reaction information are on the "Chemical structures and properties" page.

Royal Society of Chemistry referencing style
This link goes to a PDF explaining how to reference using the RSC referencing style.
UK Energy Statistics and Information
Brilliant source of UK energy statistics, collated by the UK Energy Research Centre. Provides statistcs about energy usage, trends, historical data, the energy market, renewable technologies, etc.
The Museum of Design in Plastics
A reliable starting point for basic information on plastics. Includes a tool for identifying plastic samples, information on types of plastics (including trade and chemical names), and information about the manufacture of plastics.
Health and Safety Executive
Useful starting point for health and safety information.
Health & Safety Laboratory publications
Research into health and safety - some of these reports are relevant to chemical engineers.

British Standards Online (BSOL)
Updated daily, BSOL is the most complete collection of current, draft and withdrawn British Standards available anywhere.

BSOL includes all British standards and international and European standards that have been adopted as British standards (e.g. Eurocodes, OHSAS).

Note: this is searched by Discovery. However, if you know you are looking for standards it is quicker to search BSOL directly.

To view the PDF online select 'Quick View'. To download and view offline select 'Download PDF'
More information about downloading/viewing offline:
The FileOpen plugin is needed to download standards and to read them offline. You can install FileOpen on your own laptop, but downloading of standards via FileOpen is not currently available in the university PC labs.

When you download a standard to read later, you will still need an internet connection to authenticate the documents the first time you open them. After that, you will be able to access the documents offline. The file downloaded is licensed to a sole named user who is permitted to install a single electronic copy of it, for use on a single computer. You are permitted to print a single copy of a document. Printing one or many pages, or the entire document will count as a single print so it’s recommended that if you need a printed version, that you print the entire document.

If you encounter any issues opening the standard, please try opening from your Downloads folder, by right-clicking (or using Command key on iOS) and selecting "Open with Adobe Acrobat Reader".
Engineering Case Studies Online
Videos and documents about engineering successes and failures. Topics include Space Shuttle Challenger, Piper Alpha, Fukushima Daiichi, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and numerous air crashes.

Use the "more" link below "Engineering Events" (at left of page) to see all coverage.
Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition
Over 1,000 articles on food science, food technology, and nutrition. This encyclopaedia has not been updated since 2003, but still provides very useful background material for assignments and projects.

Chemical Engineering Professional Bodies

Chemical Engineering Professional Bodies - Malaysia

Chemical Engineering Professional Bodies - Other Countries/Regions

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