2007 Qualifying Exam. News
Suggested Reference Books and Contents to be Covered for the Qualify Exams at the Department of Chemical Engineering, NTUST 2007/11/21
Exam Courses for Category A- ChE major：
(A) Transport Phenomena：
1. Suggested reference books：
* (Undergraduate level)
(U1) Geankoplis, C. J., “Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles,” 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc., NJ (2003).
*(Graduate level)
(G1) Bird, R.B.; Stewart, W. E.; Lightfoot, E. N., “Transport Phenomena,” 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., NY (2002).
2. (Contents to be covered for the undergraduate study)：
(U1) Chapters 2-7 and Chapter 13.
3. (Contents to be covered for the graduate study)：
(G1) (Fluid Mechanics)
• Overall Mass, Energy and Momentum Balance
• Vector and Tensor
• Equation of Change
• Stream Function and Vorticity Equation
• Fluid Statics and Surface Tension
• Solution to Simplified N-S Equation
• Low Re Flow
• Ideal Flow
• Boundary Layer Theory
• Turbulence
• Non-Newtonian Fluid
(G1) (Heat and Mass Transfer)
Chapters 9-12 and 17 - 20.
(B) Chemical Engineering Kinetics：
1. (Suggested reference books)：
* (Undergraduate Level)
(U1) Fogler, H. S., “Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering,” 3rd (or 4th) Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc., NJ (1999) or (2006).
* (Graduate Level)
(G1) Fogler, H. S., “Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering,” 3rd (or 4th) Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc., NJ (1999) or (2006).
2. (Contents to be covered for the undergraduate study)：
(U1)
(1) Mole Balances
(2) Conversion and Reactor Sizing
(3) Rate Laws and Stoichiometry
(4) Isothermal Reactor Design
(5) Collection and Analysis of Rate Data
(6) Multiple Reactions
(7) Nonelementary Reaction Kinetics (7.1-7.2 only)
(8) Steady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design
(9) Unsteady-State Nonisothermal Reactor Design
3. (Contents to be covered for the graduate study)：
(G1)
(1) Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors
(2) External Diffusion Effects on Heterogeneous Reactions
(3) Diffusion and Reaction in Porous Catalysts
(4) Distributions of Residence Times for Chemical Reactors
(C) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics：
1. (Suggested reference books)：
* (Undergraduate level)
(U1) Smith, J. M.; Van Ness, H. C.; Abbott, M. M., “Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics,” 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York (2001).
(U2) Sandler, S. I., “Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics,” 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY (1999).
* (Graduate level)
(G1) Prausnitz, J. M.; Lichtenthaler, R. N.; de Azevedo, E. G., “Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid-Phase Equilibria,” 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc., NJ (1999).
2. (Contents to be covered for the undergraduate study)：
(U1)
Chap. 2: The First Law and Other Basic Concepts
Chap. 3: Volumetric Properties of Pure Fluids
Chap. 5: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Chap. 6: Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids
Chap. 10: Vapor/Liquid Equilibrium: Introduction
Chap. 11: Solution Thermodynamics: Theory
(U2)
Chap. 1: Introduction
Chap. 2: Conservation of Mass and Energy
Chap. 3: Entropy: An Additional Balance Equation
Chap. 4: The Thermodynamic Properties of Real Substances
Chap. 5: Equilibrium and Stability in One-Component Systems
Chap. 6: The Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Mixtures
Chap. 7: The Estimation of the Gibbs Free Energy and Fugacity of a Component in a Mixture (including Sections 7.1-7.8)
Chap. 8: Phase Equilibrium in Mixtures (including Sections 8.1 and 8.2)
3. (Contents to be covered for the graduate study)：
(G1)
Chap. 1: The Phase-Equilibrium Problem
Chap. 2: Classical Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria
Chap. 3: Thermodynamic Properties from Volumetric Data
Chap. 4: Intermolecular Forces, Corresponding States (Sections 4.1 to 4.9)
Chap. 5: Fugacities in Gas Mixtures
Chap. 6: Fugacities in Liquid Mixtures: Excess Functions
Chap. 7: Fugacities in Liquid Mixtures: Models and Theories of Solutions
(including Appendix B: A Brief Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics)
Chap. 12: High-Pressure Phase Equilibria
Exam Courses for Category B- Chemistry and related majors：
(A) Analytical Chemistry：
1. (Suggested reference books)：
(1) Skoog et al., “Principle of Instrumental Analysis,” 5th Edition.
(2) Silverstein et al., “Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds,” 7th Edition.
(3) Pavia et al., “Introduction to Spectroscopy,” 3rd Edition.
2. (Contents to be covered):
Scope for Fall 2007:
l Analytical Data Treatment
l Signal and Noise
l Chromatography
l Electroanalytical Chemistry
l Thermal Analysis
l Spectroscopic Methods in General
l Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy
l X-Ray Spectroscopy
Scope for Spring 2008:
l Spectroscopic Methods in General
l Organic Spectroscopy (UV-VIS, IR, Mass Spectrometry, NMR)
l Surface Analysis (ESCA, Auger)
l Microscopy (SEM, SPM)
(B) Organic Chemistry：
1. (Suggested reference books)：
(1)T.W.Graham Solomons and Craig B. Fryhle,Organic Chemistry,7th
(2)Paula Yurkanis Bruice,Organic Chemistry,4th
(3)L.G.Wade,Jr.,Organic Chemistry,6th
(2)Paula Yurkanis Bruice,Organic Chemistry,4th
(3)L.G.Wade,Jr.,Organic Chemistry,6th
2. (Contents to be covered):
a. Hydrocarbons, Stereochemistry and Resonance:
l Reaction of Alkenes
l The Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions
l Reactions of Alkynes
l Reactions of Dienes
l Reactions of Alkanes (Radicals)
b. Substitution and Elimination Reactions
l Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides
l Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides
l Reactions of Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, and S-Containing Compounds
l Organometallic Compounds.
c. Aromatic Compounds
l Reactions of Benzene
l Reactions of Substituted Benzenes
l Electrophilic Substitution Reactions of Naphthalene and Substituted Naphthalenes
d. Carbonyl Compounds and Amines
l Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
l Nucleophilic Acyl Addition
l Nucleophilic Addition-Elimination
l Reaction of α, β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
l Reactions at the α Carbon ; Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
l Heterocyclic Compounds
e. Coupling of Aryl Compounds
l The Ullmann Synthesis of Biaryls
l Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboron Compounds
l Coupling of Aryl Chlorides by Nickel and Reducing Metals.
(C) Physical Chemistry：
1. (Suggested reference books)：
(1) Atkins, P; Paula, J., “Physical Chemistry”, 7th Edition.
(2) Steinfeld, J. I.; Francisco, J. S.; Hase, W. L., “Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics,” 2nd Edition.
(3) Levine, I. N., “Quantum Chemistry,” 5th Edition.
(4) McQuarrie, D. A., “Statistical Mechanics.”
(4) McQuarrie, D. A., “Statistical Mechanics.”
2. (Contents to be covered):
Scope for Fall 2007:
l The Laws of Thermodynamics
l Elementary Chemical Kinetics
l Complex Reaction Mechanisms
l Elementary Quantum Theory
l Atomic Structure
l Molecular Structure
Scope for Spring 2008 :
l Chemical Equilibrium
l Phase Equilibrium
l Electrochemical Cells
l Spectroscopy
l Molecular Partition Functions
l Statistical Thermodynamics
