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Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products (Bailey's Industrial Oil & Fat Products)
by (Editor: Daniel Swern)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (1979-08)
ISBN: 0471839574
EAN: 9780471839576
Dewy Decimal #: 665.3
Hardcover: 3 pages
Edition: 4
SKU: 053108015
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...dust jacket shows wear
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This edition of the reference work covers the modern technical processes involved in oil and fat production, including the theory and practice of handling, formulating, and isolating oils and fats; analytical methods and uses; and the background required for the development of new products. Volumes 1 to 4 in the series focus on edible oil and fat products, while the 5th and final volume concentrates on industrial and consumer products such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and detergents.
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Customer Reviews
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The major book on oils and fats available to date
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-12-31
This book consists of a set of 5 volumes, each dedicated to different topics and each written by a different group of authors. Unavoidably this has led to much repetition, but the biggest weakness of the book is the absence of a common index for all the volumes in the end. One often has to make quesses and search several volumes to find what one wants and even then one may not find all the information there is in it. There are also differences between the authors in the quality of their writing and the brilliance of the late A.E.Bailey who wrote the original classic masterpiece is definitely absent. I also thought there were not suficient physical data for chemical engineers working on oils and fats and primary oleochemical derivatives, biodiesel etc. Nevertheless, the sheer size of this book, makes it easily the most comprehensive single source of information on oils and fats available today. For this reason, it is a necessary posession for any library on oils and fats worthy of its name.
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The definitive text covering edible and industrial oils.
Rating (5)
Date: 1998-02-11
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
A five volume set, much expanded over previous editions, to cover the latest processing technology as well as the latest developments in oilseeds. This is the definitive text that covers fats and oils, composition, processing and equipment, edible products, industrial products and derivatives (e.g. soap.) The only drawbacks are that there is no common index to all volumes and that there is a great deal of valuable information which is not findable through the index (i.e. one must actually READ the sections to unearth valuable facts and bits of information.)
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