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Course outline Course videos from 2012 Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) Slides for Friday are coming soon. There are 2 parts: Drying - 2012 - these slides are ready now Course wrap-up - these slides are ready now The class for 4M3, on Friday, will be the course wrap-up lecture. It is also the last chance to pick-up any old assignments and midterms: I will bring them to class everyday on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; after that I will destroy uncollected material, unless you make an alternative arrangement with me. Assignment 5 (updated on 27 November) is posted. All 4 questions are now posted for this assignment. Question 3.3, part (c), the solvent flow of 15kg/hr is impossibly low. Use a revised value of 27.5 kg/hr. Please note that in question 1 it is not acceptable to use the Lineweaver-Burk plot method to calculate the isotherm parameters. See the course notes for a better method. The midterms are available for pickup in class or from my office. Grades are now posted to Avenue. I've had a chance to analyze the data: The average grade for the midterm was 71.2 (median was 72) with a stdev of 13.9, which is a little higher than I prefer. The distribution is mostly normal, with a slightly heavy left tail. There is nothing in the grades to warrant adjustment (i.e. "curving"). Assignment 5 has sufficient bonus grades to boost your grade; in addition to the take-home exam that's been dropped and course grades redistributed. As mentioned in class, I apologize for the delay in grading. Overhauling this course while teaching it for the first time, and teaching 4N4 for the first time has just used up all my spare hours. For issues regarding the midterm grading, please see Kevin regarding questions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and see Daryl for the others. Some of you might be confused by the modified grading for the course. Here's a spreadsheet to plug in your grades and see what happens. Could I please ask you all to seriously consider filling in a course evaluation at https://evals.mcmaster.ca - they are really helpful for me to update and shape the course for 2013. Evaluations close on 04 December.

Overview of separation processes Sedimentation, screens, centrifuges and cyclones Membranes, reverse osmosis, and bioseparations Liquid-liquid extraction Adsorption Supercritical fluid extraction Drying Course wrap up Suggested course readings Course pack for 2011

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Assignments: Assignment 1 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 2 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 3 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 4 - 2012 (with solutions) Assignment 5 - 2012 New: How to submit an assignment electronically Tests, exams and project Course project Written midterm (with solutions) Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams