The words, names, and terms used in the provisions of this title shall be understood as follows:
General Assembly: the Assembly formed by the gathering of the members of the College.
College: the College of Chemical Engineers and Related Professionals or the College of Chemists of Costa Rica, as applicable.
Process industry: establishment in which products are manufactured by applying unit operations and/or unit processes; these activities constitute its characterizing function.
Board of Directors: the Board of Directors of the College.
Unit operations: physical processes involving momentum changes, energy and/or mass changes; they also include, among others, fluid flow, heat transfer, distillation, extraction, absorption, grinding, mixing, filtration, crystallization, evaporation, osmosis, drying, extraction, heat treatment, smelting and casting, and similar.
Unit processes: processes in which matter chemically changes its character; among other processes, it includes the following: combustion, electrolysis, polymerization, cracking, reforming, hydrogenation, nitration, bioprocesses, and similar.
Related professionals: professionals in Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science and Engineering, Wood Engineering, and Food Technologists.
Related professions: Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science and Engineering, Wood Engineering, and Food Technology.
The College