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Material Balances for a Single Component
To begin our discussion of the material balance equation, let’s consider a system composed of…
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Concept of a Material Balance
You can get a good idea of what is involved in making a material balance…
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Pressure and Hydrostatic Head
In Florentine Italy in the seventeenth century, well diggers observed that when they used suction…
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Temperature
You can hardly go through a single day without noticing or hearing what the temperature…
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Density and Specific Gravity
In ancient times, counterfeit gold objects were identified by comparing the ratio of the weight…
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The Mole and Molecular Weight
What is a mole? For our purposes we will say that a mole is a…
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Dimensional Consistency
Now that we have addressed units and dimensions and unit conversions, we can immediately make…
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Conversion of Units
As an engineer you must be able to handle all kinds of units and be…
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Systems of Units
As you will see in this chapter, the proper handling of units is an essential…
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Future Contributions of Chemical and Bioengineering
The solution of many of the pressing problems of society for the future (e.g., global…