A History of Lactic Acid Making: A Chapter in the History of Biotechnology

by H. Benninga

Overview

A thorough history. Lactic acid's chemistry has posed problems that required the large-scale preparation of the acid for study; its manufacture is a complicated process involving many subdisciplines of the science of chemistry; its use encompasses many fields of industrial activity and important asp

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792306252
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/30/1990
Series:	Chemists and Chemistry , #11
Edition description:	1990
Pages:	478
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Editorial Reviews

'The book should be of particular interested to industrial chemists and biotechnologists, and to historians of technology, biotechnology, microbiology, applied chemistry, agricultural economics and politics. The general reader should also appreciate the broad historical context.....' American Scientist 80 1992

From the Publisher

A thorough history. Lactic acid's chemistry has posed problems that required the large-scale preparation of the acid for study; its manufacture is a complicated process involving many subdisciplines of the science of chemistry; its use encompasses many fields of industrial activity and important aspects of food manufacture and use. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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