Stack-loss Data

SUMMARY:

The stack.loss and stack.x data sets are from the operation of a plant for the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, measured on 21 consecutive days.

ARGUMENTS:

stack.loss
percent of ammonia lost (times 10).
stack.x
matrix with 21 rows and 3 columns representing air flow to the plant, cooling water inlet temperature, and acid concentration as a percentage (coded by subtracting 50 and then multiplying by 10).

SOURCE:

Brownlee, K.A. (1965). Statistical Theory and Methodology in Science and Engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Draper and Smith (1966). Applied Regression Analysis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Daniel and Wood (1971). Fitting Equations to Data. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.