化学工程专业英语课文翻译

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Unit1Chemical Industry

化学工业

1.Origins ofthe Chemical Industry

Althoughthe useof chemicals dates backtothe ancient civilizations, the evolutionof whatwe know as themodern chemical industry started much more recently. It may be considered to have begun during the IndustrialRevolution, about 1800, and developedto provide chemicalsroe use by other industries. Examples are alkali for soapmaking,bleaching powder for cotton,and silica andsodium carbonate forglassmaking. It will be noted thatthese areall inorganic chemicals. Theorganic chemicals industry startedin the1860s with theexploitationof WilliamHenry Perkin’sdiscover yif thefirst synthetic dyestuff—mauve. At thestart ofthe twen tiethcentury the emphasis on research on the applied aspects of chemistry in Germany had paidoff handsomely,andby 1914had resulted in the German chemicalindustryhaving75% ofthe worldmarketinche micals.Thiswas basedon the discoveryof new dyestuffs plus the development of boththe contactprocess forsulphuric acid and theHaberprocess for ammonia.Thelater required a majortechnological breakthroughthat of being ableto carry outchemical reactions under conditionsof veryhigh pressure forthe firsttime.The experience gained withthis was tostand Germany ingood stead, particularly with the rapidly increased demandfor nitrogen-based compounds(ammonium salts forfertilizers andnitric acid for explosives manufacture)with theoutbreakof world warⅠin 1914. This initiated profound changeswhich continued duringthe inter-war years (1918-1939).

1.化学工业的起源

尽管化学品的使用可以追溯到古代文明时代,我们所谓的现代化学工业的发展却是非常

近代(才开始的)。可以认为它起源于工业革命其间,大约在1800年,并发展成为为其它工业部门提供化学原料的产业。比如制肥皂所用的碱,棉布生产所用的漂白粉,玻璃制造业所用的硅及Na2CO3.我们会注意到所有这些都是无机物。有机化学工业的开始是在十九世纪六十年代以William Henry Perkin发现第一种合成染料—苯胺紫并加以开发利用为标志的。20世纪初,德国花费大量资金用于实用化学方面的重点研究,到1914年,德国的化学工业在世界化学产品市场上占有75%的份额。这要归因于新染料的发现以及硫酸的接触法生产和氨的哈伯生产工艺的发展。而后者需要较大的技术突破使得化学反应第一次可以在非常高的压力条件下进行。这方面所取得的成绩对德国很有帮助。特别是由于1914年第一次世界大仗的爆发,对以氮为基础的化合物的需求飞速增长。这种深刻的改变一直持续到战后(1918-1939)。

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Since1940the chemical industry hasgrown at a remarkable rate,alt hough this has slowed significantlyinrecent years.Thelion’sshare o fthis growthhas been in the organic chemicalssector due tothedevelopment and growth ofthe petrochemicals areasince1950s.The explosives growthinpetrochemicals inthe1960s and1970s was largely due to the enormous increase in demandforsynthetic polymers suchaspolyethylene,polypropylene, nylon,polyesters and epoxy resins.

1940年以来,化学工业一直以引人注目的速度飞速发展。尽管这种发展的速度近年来已大大减慢。化学工业的发展由于1950年以来石油化学领域的研究和开发大部分在有机化学方面取得。石油化工在60年代和70年代的迅猛发展主要是由于人们对于合成高聚物如聚乙烯、聚丙烯、尼龙、聚脂和环氧树脂的需求巨大增加。

Thechemicalindustrytoday is a very diversesectorof manufacturing industry,within which itplays a central role. Itmakesthou sandsof differentchemicals which the general publiconlyusually en counterasend or consumer products.These productsare purchased becausetheyhavethe required properties which make them suitable for some particular application, e.g. a non-stick coating forpans oraweedkiller.Thus chemicals are ultimately sold for the effects that they produce.

今天的化学工业已经是制造业中有着许多分支的部门,并且在制造业中起着核心的作用。它生产了数千种不同的化学产品,而人们通常只接触到终端产品或消费品。这些产品被购买是因为他们具有某些性质适合(人们)的一些特别的用途,例如,用于盆的不粘涂层或一种杀虫剂。这些化学产品归根到底是由于它们能产生的作用而被购买的。

2. Definitionof the Chemical Industry

At the turnof the century there would have been little difficulty indefiningwhatconstitutedthechemical industry since onlyavery limited rangeofproducts was manufactured andthese wereclearly chemicals, e.g., alkali, sulphuricacid.At present,however,many intermediatestoproductsproduced, from raw materials like crude oil