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The ''occupational definition'' would be that chemical engineering is a field that deals with industrial and natural processes that involve the chemical, physical or biological transformation of matter or energy into forms useful for mankind, economically and safely without compromising the environment.<ref name=Worcester/> | The ''occupational definition'' would be that chemical engineering is a field that deals with industrial and natural processes that involve the chemical, physical or biological transformation of matter or energy into forms useful for mankind, economically and safely without compromising the environment.<ref name=Worcester/> | ||
Perhaps, the simplist definition is that chemical engineering is the design, development and management of a wide and varied spectrum of industrial and other endeavors.<ref>[http://cms.icheme.org/MainWebSite/General4db3aa09.aspx?Map=91AF110AAAB3F55916DB0491364CBE99 What is Chemical Engineering?] (From the website of the Institution of Chemical Engineers)</ref> | |||
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Chemical engineering is one of the broadest fields of engineering. That stems from the fact that the discipline of chemical engineering is founded on mathematics and all of the basic sciences such as chemistry, physics and biology.
The disciplinary definition would be that chemical engineering is the profession in which knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, gained by study, experience and practice, is applied with judgement to develop economic and safe ways of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful products to benefit mankind.[1][2]
The occupational definition would be that chemical engineering is a field that deals with industrial and natural processes that involve the chemical, physical or biological transformation of matter or energy into forms useful for mankind, economically and safely without compromising the environment.[2]
Perhaps, the simplist definition is that chemical engineering is the design, development and management of a wide and varied spectrum of industrial and other endeavors.[3]
References
- ↑ Article III of the Constitution of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Definition of Chemical Engineering (from the website of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- ↑ What is Chemical Engineering? (From the website of the Institution of Chemical Engineers)