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The life and death of g c : The changeover to si and the declining use of g c in chemical engineering textbooks
Author(s) -
RuizBeviá Francisco
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450790620
Subject(s) - changeover , pace , order (exchange) , operations research , computer science , history , engineering , economics , physics , telecommunications , finance , astronomy , transmission (telecommunications)
Thirty years ago, an editorial on metrology in the March 1971 issue of AlChE Journal noted the following: “Recognizing the inevitable, the AlChE Journal will require that all papers submitted after July 1, 1971 conform in notation to the SI System (Système International d'Unités)”. This decision was the starting point for the gradual introduction of the use of the SI System in chemical engineering textbooks, at a substitute for the preceding British System. As a consequence, the use of the g c conversion factor has been also diminishing, gradually but at a slower pace In this paper, the changeover to SI and the declining use of g c in chemical engineering textbooks is analyzed. Firstly, some representative books published before 1971 are studied. Secondly, a special analysis is devoted to transport phenomena books. Finally, a few but significant books published since 1971, have been selected in order to carry out the analysis of the changeover to SI System and the evolution of the use of g c