张媛媛、杨昌炎主编的《化工英语阅读教程》包括五大部分，共18个单元。五个部分分别是化学基础、化学工程、材料和精细化工、能源和环境保护、食品和生物化工。其目的是学生通过学习，可以较为系统地、概要地了解有关化学化工的基础原理和知识、历史和发展，接触掌握化工领域的专业词汇，了解学科领域的前沿信息等，为后续的专业学习打好基础。

张媛媛、杨昌炎主编的《化工英语阅读教程》主要介绍了能源化工、分析化学、反应工程、基础化学(基本概念、有机物命名等)、工业催化、石油化工和单元操作、环境化工、无机化工、材料化工等内容。每课除正文外，还配有词汇、词组和练习题等。本书选材范围广，词汇较全面，难度适中，循序渐进。

《化工英语阅读教程》本书适合于化工和相关专业大专院校师生及工程技术人员阅读参考。

Table of Contents

Part One Chemistry

 Unit 1Chemistry and Chemists

Reading 1Chemistry and Chemists

Reading 2Paul DBoyer

Reading 3The Founder of Chemical Industry—

Hou Debang

 Unit 2Fundamentals of Chemistry

Reading 1Atoms and Atomic Structure

Reading 2Chemical Bonding

Reading 3What Factors Influence the Rate of a Chemical

Reaction?

 Unit 3Inorganic Chemistry

Reading 1What is Inorganic Chemistry

Reading 2Preparation of Lead Dioxide Electrode

 Unit 4Organic Chemistry

Reading 1What is Organic Chemistry

Reading 2Organic Nomenclature

 Unit 5Analytical Chemistry

Reading 1Analytical Chemistry

Reading 2Determination of Blood Alcohol with Gas

Chromatography

Part Two Chemical Engineering

 Unit 6Chemical Industry

ReadingA General View of Chemical Industry

 Unit 7Chemical Engineering

ReadingWhat is Chemical Engineering?

 Unit 8Unit Operation in Chemical Engineering

ReadingChemical Process

 Unit 9Mass, Energy, and Momentum Balance

Equations

Reading 1The Modeling of Chemical Reactors

Reading 2What do We Mean by Transport

Phenomena ?

 Unit 10Catalysis

Reading 1Catalysis

Reading 2Chemisorption of Nitrogen on ZSM5

Zeolite

 Unit 11Process Design

ReadingIntroduction to Process Design

 Unit 12Chemical Process Modeling

Reading 1Introduction to Engineering Modeling

Reading 2Why Modeling?

Part Three Materials and Fine Chemicals

 Unit 13Polymers

Reading 1Polymers

Reading 2Polymers and their Additives

 Unit 14Powder Coatings

ReadingPowder Coating System

Part Fou rEnergy Sources and Environmental Protection

 Unit 15Energy SourcesCoal

Reading 1Coal

Reading 2Coal Combustion

Reading 3Coal Gasification

Reading 4Coal Liquefaction

 Unit 16Engineering and Environment

Reading 1Engineering and Environment

Reading 2Overview of Environmental Issues

Reading 3Automobiles and the Environment

Reading 4PCBs in the Aquatic Environment

Reading 5Human Exposure to Toxic Metals

Part Five Food and Biochemistry

 Unit 17Food Chemistry

Reading 1Estimation of Food Chemical Intake

Reading 2Dietary FatSources and Composition

 Unit 18Biochemistry

Reading 1Biochemistry and Enzyme

Reading 2A Patent: Process of Preparing a Tea

Product

Reading 3Food Irradiation

References