Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Eighth Edition

Get Cutting-Edge Coverage of All Chemical Engineering Topics?from Fundamentals to the Latest Computer Applications

First published in 1934, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook has equipped generations of engineers and chemists with an expert source of chemical engineering information and data. Now updated to reflect the latest technology and processes of the new millennium, the Eighth Edition of this classic guide provides unsurpassed coverage of every aspect of chemical engineering-from fundamental principles to chemical processes and equipment to new computer applications.

Filled with over 700 detailed illustrations, the Eighth Edition of Perry's Chemcial Engineering Handbook features :

%u2022 Comprehensive tables and charts for unit conversion
%u2022 A greatly expanded section on physical and chemical data
%u2022 New to this edition: the latest advances in distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, reactor modeling, biological processes, biochemical and membrane separation processes, and chemical plant safety practices with accident case histories
%u2022 Inside This Updated Chemical Engineering Guide

- Conversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols ?Physical and Chemical Data ?Mathematics ?Thermodynamics ?Heat and Mass Transfer ?Fluid and Particle Dynamics Reaction Kinetics ?Process Control ?Process Economics ?Transport and Storage of Fluids ?Heat Transfer Equipment ?Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling, and Solids Drying ?Distillation ?Gas Absorption and Gas-Liquid System Design ?Liquid-Liquid Extraction Operations and Equipment ?Adsorption and Ion Exchange ?Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment ?Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment ?Solid-Solid Operations and Equipment ?Size Reduction and Size Enlargement ?Handling of Bulk Solids and Packaging of Solids and Liquids ?Alternative Separation Processes ?And Many Other Topics!

Contributors
Preface to the Eighth Edition

Section 1 : Conversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols
Section 2 : Physical and Chemical Data
Section 3 : Mathematics
Section 4 : Thermodynamics
Section 5 : Heat and Mass Transfer
Section 6 : Fluid and Plastic Dynamics
Section 7 : Reaction Kinetics
Section 8 : Process Control
Section 9 : Process Economics
Section 10 : Transport and Storage of Fluids
Section 11 : Heat-Transfer Equipment
Section 12 : Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling, and Solids Drying
Section 13 : Distillation
Section 14 : Equipment for Distillation, Gas Absorption, Phase Dispersion, and Phase Separation
Section 15 : Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Other Liquid-Liquid Operations and Equipment
Section 16 : Adsorption and Ion Exchange
Section 17 : Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment
Section 18 : Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment
Section 19 : Reactors
Section 20 : Alternative Separation Processes
Section 21 : Solid-Solid Operations and Processing
Section 22 : Waste Management
Section 23 : Process Safety
Section 24 : Energy Resources, Conversion, and Utilization
Section 25 : Materials of Construction

Index

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