《专业英语》期末考试试题(开卷)1.GreenChemistryisthedesign,development,andimplementationofchemicalproductsandprocessestoreduceoreliminatetheuseandgenerationofsubstanceshazardoustohumanhealthandtheenvironment.Unlikeregulatoryrequirementsforpollutionprevention,GreenChemistryisaninnovative,non-regulatory,economicallydrivenapproachtowardsustainability.GreenChemistryconsiderstheentirelifecycleofchemicalprocessesasanopportunityfordesigninnovation.Ratherthanregulatoryrestrictionsforcontrollinghazards,GreenChemistrychallengesinnovatorstodesignandutilizematterandenergyinawaythatincreasesperformanceandvaluewhileprotectinghumanhealthandtheenvironment.(20分)2.Theunitoperationsareasapplicabletomanyphysicalprocessesastochemicalones.Forexample,theprocessusedtomanufacturecommonsaltconsistsofthefollowingsequenceoftheunitoperations:transportationofsolidsandliquids,transferofheat,evaporation,crystallization,drying,andscreening.Nochemicalreactionappearsinthesesteps.Ontheotherhand,thecrackingofpetroleum8,withorwithouttheaidofacatalyst,isatypical-chemicalreactionconductedonanenormousscale.Heretheunitoperations—transportationoffluidsandsolids,distillation,andvariousmechanicalseparations—arevital,andthecrackingreactioncouldnotbeutilizedwithoutthem.Thechemicalstepsthemselvesareconductedbycontrollingtheflowofmaterialandenergytoandfromthereactionzone.(20分)3.Chemicalengineeringisaboveallbasedonthechemicalsciences,suchasphysicalchemistry,chemicalthermodynamics,andchemicalkinetics.Indoingso,however,itdoesnotsimplycopytheirfindings,butadaptsthemtobulkchemicalprocessing.Theprincipalobjectivesthatsetchemicalengineeringapartfromchemistryasapurescience,is“tofindthemosteconomicalrouteofoperationandtodesigncommercialequipmentandaccessoriesthatsuititbestofall”.Therefore,chemicalengineeringisinconceivablewithoutclosetieswitheconomics,physics,mathematics,cybernetics,appliedmechanics,andothertechnicalsciences.(20分)4.Themoderneraofpolymersciencebelongstothechemicalengineer.Overtheyears,polymerchemistshaveinventedawealthofnovelmacromoleculesandpolymers.Yetunderstandinghowthesemoleculescanbesynthesizedandprocessedtoexhibittheirmaximumtheoreticalpropertiesisstillafrontierforresearch.Onlyrecentlyhasmoderninstrumentationbeendevelopedtohelpusunderstandthefundamentalinteractionsofmacromoleculeswiththemselves,withparticulatesolids,withorganicandinorganicfibers,andwithothersurfaces.Chemicalengineersareusingthesetoolstoprobethemicroscaledynamicsofmacromolecules.Usingtheinsightgainedfromthesetechniques,theyaremanipulatingmacromolecularinteractionsbothtodevelopimprovedprocessesandtocreatenewmaterials.(20分)5.Industrialwastetreatment.Thehazardousorganiccomponentsinindustrialwastewatercouldbedestroyedwiththermocatalyticorphotocatalyticprocesses.Apromisinglineofresearchemploys“supercritical”waterathightemperaturesandpressures.Undertheseconditions,waterexhibitsverydifferentchemicalandphysicalproperties.Itdissolvesreactionsofmanymaterialsthatarenearlyinertundernormalconditions.(20分)