Editing Chemical engineer (section)

{{Short description|Professional in the field of chemical engineering}}
[[Image:Colonne distillazione.jpg|thumb|right|388x388px|Chemical engineers design, construct and operate plants.]]
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A '''chemical engineer''' is a professional equipped with the knowledge of [[chemistry]] and  other basic sciences who works principally in the [[chemical industry]] to convert basic [[raw material]]s into a variety of  [[Product (chemistry)|products]] and deals with the design and operation of [[Chemical plant|plants]] and equipment.<ref>MobyDick ''Dictionary of Engineering", McGraw-Hill, 2nd Ed.</ref> This person applies the principles of [[chemical engineering]] in any of its various practical applications, such as

# Design, manufacture, and operation of plants and machinery in industrial chemical and related processes ("chemical process engineers");
# Development of new or adapted substances for products ranging from foods and beverages to cosmetics to cleaners to pharmaceutical ingredients, among many other products ("chemical product engineers");
# Development of new technologies such as [[fuel cells]], [[hydrogen power]] and [[nanotechnology]], as well as working in fields wholly or partially derived from chemical engineering such as [[materials science]], [[polymer engineering]], and [[biomedical engineering]]. This can include working of geophysical projects such as rivers, stones, and signs.