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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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T
Theory
T
heory: This is a word that is frequently misunderstood. Let us say we have
a collection of observations (“facts”) about something—it preferentially
absorbs certain wavelengths of light; is composed largely of oxygen, hydro-
gen, carbon, calcium, and phosphorus in certain proportions; and absorbs
oxygen from the environment while releasing carbon dioxide. Atheory is a
way of explaining at these observations that allows us to make additional
predictions about the behavior of the system. If these predictions are right,
we have a theory that is good enough for now. If they are not, we have to
change our theory or claim that the
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