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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This second edition of a highly acclaimed text provides a clear and complete description of diffusion in fluids. It retains the features that won praise for the first edition--informal style, emphasis on physical insight and basic concepts, and lots of simple examples. The new edition offers increased coverage of unit operations, with chapters on absorption, distillation, extraction, and adsorption. New chapters on membranes and drug release broaden the book's scope. The entire text is extensively illustrated, and many new worked examples and homework problems have been added. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | E. L. Cussler | | Paperback: | 600 pages | | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | | Publication Date: | February 28, 1997 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0521564778 | | Product Length: | 1.0 inches | | Product Width: | 0.71 inches | | Product Height: | 0.13 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.25 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.9 inches | | Package Width: | 7.0 inches | | Package Height: | 1.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 10 reviews |
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9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 GOOD BOOKS FOR STUDENTS ! Sep 12, 1999
This is an excellent book to learn the basics of Separation Processes. Cussler managed to explain Chemical Engineering concepts in a very easy way to understand by students. I was lucky to get him as my lecturer several years ago to learn Separation processes.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
3rd Edition expands and clarifies several topics May 16, 2009
By Hunter S. Thompson
I feel that this is an excellent book for any student taking their first mass transport and separations course. This is the only science/engineering text book I have ever owned that I actually enjoyed reading. Professor Cussler is a very enthusiastic and brilliant expert on the subject (I am a student in his department, and was lucky enough to have him guest lecture for us) and it really shows in his writing style in this book.
This book manages to present the subject matter clearly starting from the basics and then logically and clearly building up to much more complex material, all while Professor Cussler walks you through the reasons why he is taking the steps he is, and how these steps are justified. This book is very frank and enthusiastic when presenting material (Professor Cussler makes sure to let you know if he is skipping steps, or what steps are common sources of confusion and to pay attention to these steps).
The third edition also separates the sections on differential and staged distillation into two stand-alone chapters, and also incorporates more examples to relate the topics of this book to medicine and biology, helping to broaden the appeal of this book.
That being said, there are still some improvements this book could make for the next revision (not likely to come for a while since the 3rd edition was just released this year). There are some typos/mislabels scattered about the text, but nothing so major as to make the understanding the material impossible. All the typos are pretty minor and would be easily sorted out through a quick comparison to class notes or reading the text as Professor Cussler explains what he is doing. Furthermore, there are also several problems that have answers listed that aren't "exactly" right, meaning they appear to have been rounded off too much.
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 Something short of justice. Dec 10, 2010
By Garrett
I'm one of Cussler's students at Minnesota. This book is but a mere accessory to CHEN8301: Physical Rate Processes, the graduate course that we take here, and I wish I could share that magical experience with everyone. It really puts this text into perspective as not a go-to handbook, but rather a map for a foray into the world of mass transfer led by one of its greatest navigators. Nevertheless, this text as-read is much less inspiring than the author delivering it in the flesh, so I guess I have high expectations to even give the map 4 stars.
As a theory text, it's often lacking. But, Cussler always preaches the message that theory is only useful if it can be practically applied to industrial process and experiment. Nothing echoes that message louder than Diffusion. So if you came to hear the tale of theory, take the 5 hour trip down the road to Madison and pick up BSL.
sweeeeeeeet Sep 07, 2011
By alady
Book arrived on time and in condition as promised. lots of hand written notes and hilighting in the book, but I dont mind it. it helps me out!
Good Intermediate-Level Text Aug 27, 2011
By benjamin hamilton
I encountered Cussler's book after I worked through BSL, after I worked through Deen. I was fortunate to grasp the mathematics required to wrestle through those two tomes, but always had difficulty putting the bigger picture together for applications. The Cussler text opened my eyes, and made me fall in love with the subject. It is now the only transport text I reference regularly, and it is the first place I stop when I want to relearn an old subject. I was an advanced student when I read it, but highly recommend it to anybody wishing to strengthen their understanding of the subject.
I would not use it as an introductory text for third/fourth year chemical engineering undergrads. I would jump at the opportunity to teach from it at an intermediate level, though. The focus on applications and intuition over rote mathematics is in-line with the 'real world' of mass transport, which was lost on me when I was spending hours upon hours working the math of BSL and Deen.
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