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July 2008, Vol. 104, No. 7
In This issue
COVER STORY: PROCESS SAFETY
Consider Natural Hazards in Process Safety Management
Incorporating hurricanes, earthquakes and other forces of nature into an integrated process safety management (PSM) program can enable you to effectively identify these hazards and manage the risks.
Frank F. Liserio, Jr., and Alan C. Svoboda, P.E.
NEWS
Science on a World Stage
The first annual World Science Festival takes Manhattan by storm, with 120,000 people celebrating scientific diversity.
Gordon Ellis and Cynthia F. Mascone
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Use Exponential Functions to Correlate Temperature Dependence
Use Exponential Functions to Correlate Temperature Dependence Asymptotic exponential equations may provide a more-accurate or easier-to-use representation of a property’s temperature dependence than commonly used polynomial expressions.
Faruk Civan
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Develop and Maintain Your Environmental Management System
Achieving and maintaining ISO 14000 certification for an environmental management system (EMS) is a difficult task that can be made easier by following these suggestions.
Kristin M. Malosh
CAREER CATALYST
How Will You Manage?
Engineers typically don’t learn the “soft skills” of team and project management in school. Here is a game plan to help you supplement your technical expertise with effective leadership.
Glen Rosentrater
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How to Measure: Translucent Materials
Translucent materials offer a significant color measurement challenge since they interact with light in far less controlled manner than most other materials. The color of a material is calculated from measurements of its relative spectral reflectance or transmittance. When light is incident on an opaque non metal…read more. http://www.hunterlab.com/pdf/translucent.pdf
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