This is the most comprehensive of all current chemical engineering texts on unit operations. It covers fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, and solids handling. It covers a balanced treatment of theory and engineering practice, with many practical illustrative examples included. It includes a mass transfer section containing chapters on absorption and membrane operations - topics not often covered in unit operations textbooks.

Table of Contents:
I Introduction 1 Definitions and Principles II Fluid Mechanics 2 Fluid Statics and Its Applications 3 Fluid Flow Phenomena 4 Basic Equations of Fluid Flow 5 Incompressible Flow in Pipes and Channels 6 Flow of Compressible Fluids 7 Flow Past Immersed Bodies 8 Transportantion and Metering of Fluids 9 Agitation and Mixing of Liquids III Heat Transfer and Its Applications 10 Heat Transfer by Conduction 11 Principles of Heat Flow in Fluids 12 Heat Transfer to Fluids Without Phase Change 13 Heat Transfer to Fluids With Phase Change 14 Radiation Heat Transfer 15 Heat-Exchange Equipment 16 Evaporation IV Mass Transfer and Its Applications 17 Principles of Diffusion and Mass Transfer Between Phases Theory of Diffusion 18 Gas Absorption 19 Humidification Operations 20 Equilibrium-Stage Operations 21 Distillation 22 Introduction to Multicomponent Distillation 23 Leaching and Extraction 24 Drying of Solids 25 Fixed-Bed Seperations 26 Membrane Seperation Processes 27 Crystallization V Operations Involving Particulate Solids 28 Properties and Handling of Particulate Solids 29 Mechanical Separations Appendixes Appendix 1 Conversion Factors and Constants of Nature Appendix 2 Dimensionless Groups Appendix 3 Dimensions, Capacities,and Weights of Standard Steel Pipe Appendix 4 Condenser and Heat-Exchanger Tube Data Appendix 5 Tyler Standard Screen Scale Appendix 6 Properties of Liquid Water Appendix 7 Properties of Saturated Steam and Water Appendix 8 Viscosities of Gases Appendix 9 Viscosities of Liquids Appendix 10 Thermal Conductivities of Metals Appendix 11 Thermal Conductivities of Various Solids and Insulating Materials Appendix 12 Thermal Conductivities of Gases and Vapors Appendix 13 Thermal Conductivities of Liquids Other Than Water Appendix 14 Specific Heats of Gases Appendix 15 Specific Heats of Liquids Appendix 16 Prandtl Numbers for Gases at 1 atm and 100 C Appendix 17 Prandtl Numbers for Liquids Appendix 18 Diffusivities and Schmidt Numbers for Gases in Air at 0 C and 1 atm Appendix 19 Collision Integral and Lennard-Jones Force Constants Appendix 20 Viscosities of Liquids Index