CONTENTS - 

PART ONE GENERAL CONCEPTS A CASE FOR INTEGRATION - 

I. CHARACTERISTICS OF INTEGRATION IN THE BASIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS INDUSTRY - 

II. REVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE OF NITROGEN AND ITS COMPOUNDS - 

PART TWO - 

III. GENERAL -

IV. PRODUCTION OF RAW SYNTHESIS GAS - 

V. PURIFICATION OF RAW SYNTHESIS GAS - 

VI. SYNTHESIS OF AMMONIA - 

VII. PRODUCTION LINES, ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN AMMONIA MANUFACTURE - 

PART THREE - 

VIII. AMMONIA AND AMMONIUM SALTS - 

IX. INORGANIC DERIVATIVES OF AMMONIA OTHER THAN AMMONIUM SALTS - 

X. AMINES AND IMINES - 

XI. NITRILES - 

XII. AMIDES, IMIDES AND LACTAMS - 

XIII. USES OF INTERMEDIATES AND By-PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM AMMONIA- 

XIV. GENERAL - 

XV. AMMONIA OXIDATION AND LOWER NITROGEN OXIDES PRODUCTION - 

XVI. PRODUCTION OF DILUTE NITRIC ACID AND HIGHER NITROGEN OXIDES FROM NITROUS GASES - 

XVII. PRODUCTION LINES, ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE DILUTE NITRIC ACID MANUFACTURE - 

XVIII. DILUTED NITRIC ACID AND ITS INORGANIC DERIVATIVES: CONCENTRATED NITRIC ACID (THROUGH DISTILLATION) AND NITRATES - 

XIX. NITROGEN OXIDES AND THEIR INORGANIC DERIVATIVES: CONCENTRATED NITRIC ACID (THROUGH SYNTHESIS), NITRITES AND OTHER SALTS, COVALENT COMPOUNDS - 

XX. C-, 0- AND N- NITRO COMPOUNDS - 

XXI. C-, 0- AND N- NITROSO COMPOUNDS - 

XXII. UTILIZATION OF INTERMEDIATES AND BY-PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE NITRIC ACID AND NITROGEN OXIDES MANUFACTURE