New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1952. — 1159 p.In this book only process problems of a chemical and physicochemical nature are treated, and it has been attempted to avoid overlapping into the fields of unit operations and plant design. The first part deals primarily with the applications of general physical chemistry, thermophysics, thermochemistry, and the first law of thermodynamics. Generalized procedures for estimating vapor pressures, critical constants, and heats of vaporization have been elaborated. New methods are presented for dealing with equilibrium problems in extraction, adsorption, dissolution, and crystallization. The construction and use of enthalpy-concentration charts have been extended to complex systems. The treatment of material balances has been elaborated to include the effects of recycling, by-passing, changes of inventory, and accumulation of inerts. Tags
