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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Crowl, Daniel A.
  Chemical process safety : fundamentals with applications / Daniel A.
Crowl, Joseph F. Louvar.—3rd ed.
       p.  cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 0-13-138226-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Chemical plants—Safety measures.  I. Louvar, Joseph F. II. Title.

  TP155.5.C76 2011
  660’.2804—dc22
                                                            2011004168

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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-138226-8

ISBN-10:        0-13-138226-8

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