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The origin chemical engineering as compared to other engineering discipline is relatively new, formal and distinct professional in engineering practice.
Operations such as filtration, evaporation, drying, crystallization has been long in practice, production and recovery of food preservatives. According to the former president of chemical engineering, the discipline evolved from the practice of chemist in chemical industries. These activities were traced from the manufacture of basic chemical products, like: acids, salts, bases and pharmaceutical materials in Europe in the 15th century. Also in 16th and 17th century, materials such dyes, gun powders and many more are being produced in Russia.
The word chemical engineering was first used by professor J Beckman in 1772 from the University of Gottingen. In 1880, an English man, George E Davis editor of the chemical engineering trade journal in Britain was the first to coin the word chemical engineer when he attempted to form the society of chemical engineer in United Kingdom .in spite of the pioneering work of George Davis, chemical engineering was not accorded it’s rightful position in United Kingdom early. It was only in 1923 that the university college London that the first department of chemical engineering was established , while the institution of chemical engineers was founded in 1922 and received it’s royal charter in 1957. it does not end here, check out in full details through the link below or above
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