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The Number One Guide to Chemical Engineering Principles Techniques Calculations & Applications: Now Even More Current Efficient & Practical Basic Principles & Calculations in Chemical Engineering Eighth Edition goes far beyond traditional introductory chemical engineering topics presenting applications that reflect the full scope of contemporary chemical petroleum & environmental engineering. Celebrating its fiftieth Anniversary as the fields leading practical introduction it has been extensively updated & reorganized to cover todays principles & calculations more efficiently & to present far more coverage of bioengineering nanoengineering & green engineering. Offering a strong foundation of skills & knowledge for successful study & practice it guides students through formulating & solving material & energy balance problems as well as describing gases liquids & vapors. Throughout the authors introduce efficient consistent student-friendly methods for solving problems analyzing data & gaining a conceptual application-based understanding of modern chemical engineering processes. This editions improvements include many new problems examples & homework assignments. Coverage

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This book focuses on a marvel approach that blends chemistry with forensic science & is used for the examination of controlled substances & clandestine operations. The book will particularly interest forensic chemists forensic scientists criminologists & biochemists. ...