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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| facility | also called a plant, a place that is built or installed to serve a specific purpose |
| feedstock | raw material (such as propane or ethane) or an intermediate component (plastic) that is used to create a product |
| process | a system of people , methods, equipment, and structures that creates products from other materials |
| process industries | a broad term for industries that convert raw materials, using a series of actions or operations , into products for consumers |
| process technician | a worker the process facility who monitors and control mechanical, physical, and chemical changes throughout many processes, to produce either a final product or an intermediate product made from raw materials |
| process technology | processes that take quantities of raw materials and transform them into other products |
| product | output; the desired end component from a particular process |
| production | output, material made in a plant, oil from a well, or chemicals from a processing plant |
| raw materials | also called feedstock or input. the material sent to a processing unit to be converted into a different material |
| unit | an integrated group of process equipment used to produce a specific product |