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Science 24 August 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4408, pp. 759 - 766
DOI: 10.1126/science.205.4408.759
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Molecular Thermodynamics for Chemical Process Design

J. M. Prausnitz 1

1 Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 94720

Chemical process design requires quantitative information on the equilibrium properties of a variety of fluid mixtures. Since the experimental effort needed to provide this information is often prohibitive in cost and time, chemical engineers must utilize rational estimation techniques based on limited experimental data. The basis for such techniques is molecular thermodynamics, a synthesis of classical and statistical thermodynamics, molecular physics, and physical chemistry.

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