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Separation Processes: CHE 4M3

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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 Assignment 3 is posted. Due 9 October; the solutions will be posted the same day to allow you time to study for the midterm later that week. Clarification in question 1: please ignore the word "needle"; it is simply a rectangular object. Project topic assignments. More details about the project's scope will be posted soon. The project will involve sizing the unit and estimating it's operating costs. An update has been posted regarding electronic submissions for assignments and the course project.

Overview of separation processes Thickeners and clarifiers (sedimentation), screens, centrifuges and cyclones Membranes, dialysis, reverse osmosis, filters and bioseparations Liquid-liquid extraction and supercritical fluid extraction Adsorption, ion-exchange and chromatography Evaporation, drying and overview of crystallization Course wrap up Supplementary readings Course pack for 2011

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