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Introduction
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... An examination of the specific technologies within these categories suggests that chemical and chemical engineering research is essential to most of them. The Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology convened the Committee on Critical Technologies to examine the impact of chemical and chemical engineering research on the critical technologies and to illustrate the dependencies with specific examples.
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... chemical industry has Tong been a world leader in applied chemical and chemical engineering research. 1 1 There is a complex interrelationship among basic research (typically aimed at discovering phenomena and understanding the principles of nature)
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