Chemical Manufacturing: The Process of Mixing

This book offers teachers a comprehensive instructional unit for high school chemistry, including complete lesson plans, teacher background, student handouts, overheads, student labs, and a student research project. Students investigate mixing, one of the most common chemical manufacturing processes conducted in industry. Mixing is important to all industrial operations, from the mixing of raw ingredients for plastics and pharmaceuticals to the blending of materials in a mixed product such as a solid fertilizer mix or a blend of grass seed. By carrying out the activities in this book, students investigate the problems that arise in preparing a well-mixed sample and then investigate the importance of adequate mixing to the quality of the final product.