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Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design (2nd Ed.)
Charles G. Hill and Thatcher W. Root
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Activation Energy & Arrhenius Relationship
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Activation Energy and Rate Constant for a Reversible Reaction
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Adiabatic Batch Reactor
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Adiabatic CSTR Example
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Adiabatic PFR
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Adiabatic Reactor Temperature
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Adiabatic Semi-Batch Reactor Part 1
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Adiabatic Semi-Batch Reactor Part 2
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Adiabatic Temperature
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Adsorption Introduction
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Analyzing Tracer Data for a Tank
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Apparent Activation Energy
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Athena Tutorial: Batch Reactor
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Athena Tutorial: PFR
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Autothermal Reactor
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Average Residence Time
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Batch Reactor Overview
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Batch Reactor Scale-Up
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Batch Reactor with Excess Reactant
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Batch Reactor with Multiple Reactions
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Batch Reactor with Reversible Reaction
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Batch Reactor: Catalyst Activity Decays
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Catalyst Amount in Packed Bed Reactor
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Catalytic Packed Bed Reactor
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Catalytic Packed Bed Reactor (POLYMATH)
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Catalytic Reactor: Activity Decay
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Catalytic Selectivity and Equilibrium
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Cell Growth in a Batch Reactor (Bio)
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Cell vs. Bacteria Growth in a Reactor (Bio)
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Chain Growth Polymerization Mechanism via SS Approximation
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Chain Reaction Mechanism via SS Approximation
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Changing Parameters in a CSTR
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Chemical Equilibrium: Effect of an Inert
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Chemical Reactor Design: Choosing a Temperature
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Comparing CSTR and PFR Balances
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Comparing Reactors in Series
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Conversion Dependence on Feed Temperature
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Conversion in a PFR vs. CSTR
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Conversion: PFR vs. CSTR
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Creating Interactive Simulations in Mathematica
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CSTR Conversion Based on Batch Data
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CSTR Design Example (Using Damkohler Number)
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CSTR Energy Balance Calculation
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CSTR Energy Balances
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CSTR Overview
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CSTR Sizing for Equilibrium Reaction
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CSTR that Loses Cooling (Interactive Simulation)
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CSTR with Heat Exchanger
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CSTR with Heat Transfer
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CSTR with Multiple Steady-States and Heat Exchange
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CSTRs in Series
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CSTRs in Series: Selectivity
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Description of the Reaction Coordinate
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Determining Rate Constants from Selectivity
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Determining Rate Order
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Determining Unknown Rate Constant in a PBR (POLYMATH)
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Differential Analysis: Determining a Rate Law (Batch Reactor)
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Differential Data Analysis
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Differential PBR Data
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Differential Reactor Analysis
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Differential Reactor Data (PBR)
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Diffusion and Bulk Flow for Catalytic Reaction
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Diffusion and Reaction in a Cylindrical Porous Catalyst
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Effect of Ignoring Density Change in PFR
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Effect of Stoichiometry in Gas Phase Reaction (Molar Change)
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Effectiveness Factor for a Spherical Catalyst
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Effectiveness Factor for Single Catalyst Pore
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Elementary Reactions
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Eley-Rideal Surface Reaction
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Endothermic Reaction in Plug Flow Reactor
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Energy Balance in an Adiabatic PBR
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Energy Balance on a Semi-Batch Reactor
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Enzyme Mechanism: Rate Derivation
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Enzyme Reaction in a CSTR (Bio)
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Equilibrium Constant Effect on Conversion
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Equilibrium Constant Introduction
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Equivalence between a PFR and CSTR
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Ethanol Pharmacokinetics (Bio)
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Ethanol Pharmacokinetics/POLYMATH
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Euler Method for ODEs
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Explanation of the Ergun Equation
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Gas Phase Chemical Equilibrium
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Gas Reacts to Form Solid Product in PFR
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Graduate Midterm Exam Review Part 1A
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Graduate Midterm Exam Review Part 1B
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Graduate Midterm Exam Review Part 2
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Graduate Midterm Exam Review Part 3
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Graduate Reaction Engineering Exam Review A
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Graduate Reaction Engineering Exam Review B Part 1
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Graduate Reaction Engineering Exam Review B Part 2
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Graduate Reaction Engineering Exam Review B Part 3
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Graduate Reaction Engineering Exam Review B Part 4
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Graduate Reaction Engineering Final Exam Review A
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Half-Life for First-Order Reaction
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Heat of Reaction (from Heat of Formation)
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Heat Removal from a Chemical Reactor
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Heat Transfer Rate for a Semibatch Reactor
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How to Solve Reactor Design Problems
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Inert Effect on Equilibrium
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Introduction to Catalysis
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Introduction to Chemical Reactor Design
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Introduction to Inhibition of Enzyme Reactions
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Introduction to Multiple Reactions and Selectivity
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Isothermal Batch Reactor Part 1
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Isothermal Batch Reactor Part 2 (POLYMATH Solution)
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Isothermal PFR Part 1
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Isothermal PFR Part 2
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Isothermal Semibatch Catalytic Reactor
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Isothermal Semibatch Reactor with Multiple Reactions
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Kinetics and Thermodynamics
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Kinetics Exam Review 1A
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Kinetics Exam Review 1B
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Kinetics Exam Review 1C
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Kinetics Exam Review 2
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Kinetics Exam Review 3
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Kinetics Exam Review 4
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Kinetics Exam Review 5
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Kinetics Exam Review 6
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Kinetics Exam Review 7
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Kinetics that Demonstrate Chaotic Behavior
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Laminar Flow Reactor: Segregated Flow
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Langmuir Isotherm: Dissociative Adsorption
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Langmuir Isotherms for Binary Mixture (Simulation)
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Langmuir-Hinshelwood Kinetics
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Langmuir-Hinshelwood Mechanism (Review)
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Least Squares Method
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Length of a Porous Wall Tubular Reactor
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Levenspiel Plots
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Mass Balance for Reversible Reactions in a Batch Reactor
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Mass Transfer in a Catalyst Sphere
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Material Balances on Tank Reactors
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Material Balances on Tank Reactors
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Math Review for Kinetics
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Membrane Reactor
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Membrane Reactor Introduction
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Membrane Reactor: Catalyst Pellet Size
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Michaelis-Menten Introduction (BIO)
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Michaelis-Menten Kinetics in a CSTR (BIO)
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Michaelis-Menten Parameters from Differential Reactor Data
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Michaelis-Menten: Competitive Inhibition (BIO)
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Model Non-Ideal CSTR
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Modeling Non-Ideal Reactors with CSTRS in Series
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Mole Balance on a Plug Flow Reactor
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Monod Cell Growth Example (Bio)
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Multiple Reactions in a CSTR
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Multiple Reactions in a Membrane Reactor (POLYMATH)
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Multiple Reactions in an Isothermal CSTR
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Multiple Reactions in PBR Part 1
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Multiple Reactions in PBR Part 2 (POLYMATH)
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Multiple Reactions: Energy Balances Part 1
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Multiple Reactions: Energy Balances Part 2
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Multiple Regression in Excel
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Multiple States in a CSTR – Heat Generation
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Multiple Steady-States in a CSTR
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Multiple Steady-States in a CSTR (Review)
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Multiple Steady-States in an Isothermal CSTR (Interactive Simulation)
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Multiple Steady-States Part 1
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Multiple Steady-States Part 2
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Non-Isothermal CSTR Balance
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Non-Linear Regression in Mathematica
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Non-Linear Regression Introduction
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Non-Linear Regression/POLYMATH
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Numerically Solve ODEs with Mathematica 1
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Numerically Solve ODEs with Mathematica 2
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Outlet Concentration for a PBR
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Packed Bed Reactor Design
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Packed Bed Reactor Example
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Parallel Reactions and Selectivity
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Parallel Reactions in a Batch Reactor
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PFR and CSTR in Series A
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PFR and CSTR in Series B
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PFR Design Example (Using Damkohler Number)
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PFR Energy Balances
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PFR Residence Time
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Pharmacokinetics Example (Dosing a Patient)
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Pharmacokinetics: Analyzing Concentration Data (Bio)
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Pharmacokinetics: Determining Dosage (Bio)
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Pharmacokinetics: Drug Injection (Bio)
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Plot Equations with Mathematica
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Plug Flow Reactor Overview
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POLYMATH Excel Add-in to Solve ODEs
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Polymerization in a CSTR (Part 1)
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Polymerization in a CSTR (Part 2)
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Polymerization in a CSTR (Part 3, Excel)
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Polymerization Reactor: Molecular Weight Distribution
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Predator-Prey Model
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Pressure Drop Dependence on Catalyst Particle Size
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Pressure Drop in a Packed Bed Reactor
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Pressure Drop in a Packed Bed Reactor (POLYMATH)
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Reaction and Equilibrium Constants for a Reversible Reaction
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Reaction in a PFR with Pressure Drop
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Reaction Mechanism Dependence on Partial Pressure (Review)
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Reaction Rate Dependence on Catalyst Particle Size
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Reaction Rate Dependence on Space Time
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Reaction Rate Explanation
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Reaction Rate in an Isothermal PFR
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Reaction Rates and Production Rates: Part 1
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Reaction Rates and Production Rates: Part 2
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Reaction Rates from Production Rates: Matlab
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Reaction Times for High Conversion
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Reactor Runaway/Parametric Sensitivity
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Reactor Sequence: CSTR and PFR
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Reactor with Highest Rate of Consumption
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Reactor with Lowest Rate of Consumption
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Reactors in Series: First-Order Reaction
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Recycle Reactor Example
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Relationship Between the Equilibrium Constants
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Replacing a CSTR with Two CSTRs in Series
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Residence Time Distribution Introduction
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Reverse Reaction Rate
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Reversible Non-Elementary Reaction
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Reversible Reaction in Adiabatic CSTR
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RTD for CSTRs in Series Part 1
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RTD for CSTRs in Series Part 2
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Runge-Kutta Method Introduction
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Segregated Flow and Residence Time Distribution
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Segregated Flow Example
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Selectivity in a Semibatch Reactor
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Selectivity in Parallel Reactions
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Selectivity: Isothermal vs. Adiabatic
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Selectivity: PFR vs. CSTR
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Semibatch Hydrogenation Example
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Semibatch Reactor Overview
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Semibatch Reactor with Heat Exchange
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Series Reaction in a Batch Reactor
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Series Reaction in a Plug Flow Reactor
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Series Reactions and Selectivity
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Simpson’s Rule/Excel
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Sizing CSTRs on Reciprocal Rate Data
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Sizing Two CSTRs in Series
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Solving Linear ODEs Analytically
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Solving ODEs with POLYMATH
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Steady-State Approximation
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Steady-State Approximation Part 2
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Steady-State Approximation vs. Rate Determining Step
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Stirred Tank Reactor Energy Balances
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Surface Reaction Dependence on Partial Pressure
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Temperature-Programmed Desorption
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The Equilibrium Constant
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Transient PFR Part 1: Material Balances
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Transient PFR Part 2: Solutions (Athena)
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Tubular Reactor Energy Balance: Part 1
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Tubular Reactor Energy Balance: Part 2
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Uncompetitive Inhibitor Effect on Space Time
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Unsteady-State Adiabatic CSTR
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Using Data to Size a PBR Part 1
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Using Data to Size a PBR Part 2
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Variable Density Reaction in a PFR
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Volumetric Flow Rates in a Plug Flow Reactor (Interactive Simulation)
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Washout Calculation for CSTR Bioreactor (Bio)
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Washout Derivation in CSTR Bioreactor (Bio)
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What is Segregated Flow?
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Which Reaction has the Higher Activation Energy?
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