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CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section (1941 - 1962)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
1941
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
To
1 July 1962
Functions
Industrial or scientific research and Engineering Industry
Location
Clayton, Victoria

Summary

The CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section was originally part of the CSIR Division of Industrial Chemistry and traversed the transition of CSIR to CSIRO in 1949. It became part of the CSIRO Chemcial Research Laboratories in 1958. In early 1962 the Section was granted Divisional status, becoming the CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering.

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From "CSIRO research fro Australia" (1962) pdf page 60:
"The Chemical Engineering Section is concerned among other things with the development of chemical processes for industrial use. A typical project is the production of gas of high calorific value by combining hydrogen with brown coal. Another group in the Section studies the basic physical and chemical reactions which are fundamental to the developmental projects. Yet another activity of the Section is a study of the separate operations that go to make up chemical engineering processes. Common to many industrial processes, for example, are such operations as grinding and the separation of fine particles according to their size.

The Section also maintains a Process Equipment Laboratory with a wide range of pilot plant which is available for use by government organizations and private industry. The Section has a specialist knowledge of many facets of Chemical Engineering and is frequently consulted by other C.S.I.R.0. laboratories and by outside organizations."

Chronology

9 October 1958
Operational event - Established as an independent section within the CSIRO Chemical Research Laboratories
2 July 1962
Operational event - Granted divisional status

Timeline

 1941 - 1962 CSIR/O Chemical Engineering Section
       1962 - 1978 CSIRO Division of Chemical Engineering
             1978 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering
                   1987 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Mineral and Process Engineering
                         c. 1995 - CSIRO Minerals Division

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