COURSE TAUGHT

· Colloid and Surface Chemistry

Physical chemistry of everyday phenomena. Intermolecular forces and electrostatic phenomena at interfaces, boundary tensions and films at interfaces, mass and charge transport in colloidal suspensions, electrostatic and London forces in disperse systems, gas adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis.

· Unit Operations

The laboratory study of chemical engineering unit operations and the reporting of technical results.

· Fluid Mechanics

Fluid mechanics and its applications to chemical processes. Momentum and energy balances in fluid flow. Dimensional analysis. Fluid flow inpipes, packed and fluidized beds. Mixing and agitation. Filtration and sedimentation.

· Mass & Energy Balances

Material and energy balances with and without chemical reaction. Introduction to phase equilibrium calculations. Applications in chemical process calculations and in design of staged separations: binary distillation, liquid-liquid extraction.

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