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16-Chem-A1, May 2017 — three-hour, open-book examination. The paper is in two parts: Part A (Questions 1–3, process mass & energy balances) and Part B (Questions 4–6, chemical thermodynamics). Candidates answer two questions from each part; all six are worked below as a complete study resource.
Reference texts (this subject). Felder & Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 4th ed. (mass & energy balances, combustion, recycle/purge); Smith, Van Ness & Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 8th ed. (fugacity, activity coefficients, generalized correlations, equations of state); property data from the paper's appended Smith–Van Ness tables (App. B critical constants; App. E Lee/Kesler charts).
