Five Word Book Reviews

The End of Money by David Wolman: Interesting, provactive, give up cash! Grade: B+

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer: Heart wrenching, extremely well written. Grade: A-

Big Lake by Nick Russell: entertaining, surprising, I miss Arizona. Grade: C+

Proofiness by Charles Seife: educational, usually insightful, appealingly short. Grade: B

The List by Konrath and Kilborn Enjoyable but lacking realism, forgettable. Grade: C+

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: Extremely interesting, similar to Blink. Grade: A-

The Information by James Gleick Hard subject, good writing. Long. Grade: B+

Radioactivity: A History by a Mysterious Science by Marjorie Malley Surprising, early focus, nuclear decay. Grade: B-

Those Guys Have All the Fun by Shales and Miller Comprehensive, interesting style, insufficient Simmons! Grade: B

Homework #5 Solutions

4.25) H2: 70.8 kmol/hr in vapor, 1.7 kmol/h in liquid
4.33) For the final flash calculation, psi = 0.49
4.48a) Raffinate: 12.75kg with 75% chloroform, 22% acetic acid
4.53) Overflow: 810 kg/h of Na2CO3 and 2400 kg/h of H2O

Exam #1 Review Problem #2:
(a) K's = 2.4, 1.1, 0.54
(b) supervisor is wrong (helpful to try psi = 0.7 instead of psi = 0.3)
(c) pressure should be increased