Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

J.R. Elliott
C. T. Lira

Prentice-Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences ISBN (0-13-011386-7)

Errata for 13th Printing of Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

NOTE: Many of these items were corrected gradually in printings subsequent to printing 13, but we have not verified them.

Last updated 3/21/10
This page is periodically updated as new errors are found. The date that the error was recorded is listed at the end of each line.

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Chapter 1

pg 31, homework problem 1.3, clarification. line 2, 'Calculate the T and P' should be 'Calculate the P'. (7/1/08).

Chapter 2

pg 80, homework problem 2.2, clarification. line 2, 'liquid at 25^oC' should be 'liquid at 25^oC and 1 bar' (7/1/08)

Chapter 4

p167, problem 4.7, eliminate part (d).(7/1/08)

Chapter 5

pg 192, homework problem 5.10, typos. 'follwing it terms' should be 'following in terms' (7/1/08)

Chapter 7

p252, problem 7.17, third line. Calculate the extensive change in U (underline U). (7/1/08)

Chapter 9

p290, under heading 'Chemical Potential of a Pure Fluid', first line, change 'specific Gibbs' to 'molar Gibbs' (7/1/08)
p305, Two lines above example 9.1. Reference should be to appendix A. (12th printing is wrong and other printings may have the incorrect reference. 4th-10th printing is OK.) (3/21/08)
p 315, practice problem p9.3, replace 353K with 365.9K.(7/1/08)

Chapter 10

p 320 2nd sentence of paragraph beginning "To obtain..." should refer to Chapter 6, NOT Chapter 8. (7/23/08)
p 328, bottom of page, numerical calulation of vapor fugacity coefficient for 1; there is an extra set of parantheses in the ln term. 2nd line from bottom.Rremove the '(' immediately after ln, 3rd line from bottom remove the final ')'. (11/12/09)
p 328, second line from bottom, replace 0.9686 with 0.09686. (11/12/09)
p 329, top of page, numerical calulation of vapor fugacity coefficient for 2; there is an extra set of parantheses in the ln term. Remove the '(' immediately after ln, and remove the final ')'. (11/12/09)

Chapter 11

p369, Eqn 11.27, demominator is missing the closing paranthesis in the denominator. (7/1/08).

Chapter 13

p473, Figure 13.16, process schematic, look at the decanter. Stream R2 should be coming from the top (organic) phase and stream R1 should be coming from the bottom (aqueous) phase. (4/30/08).

Chapter 14

p495, Eqn 14.31, The center argument should read DG_R^o /RT_R-DG_T^o /RT.(7/1/08)
p527, problem 14.18 (b). clarification, the pressure is to be 1 bar.(7/1/08)

Chapter 15

p 530 footnote should say "..., dimers, trimers" NOT "..., dimers, timers" . (7/23/08)
pg 538, Eqn 15.24, change the x to y in both places. (7/1/08)
pg 542, line 2. The iy_i at the beginning of the line should be iy_i. (7/31/08)
pg 542, Eqn 15.30, change the x to y in both places. (7/1/08)

Appendix B

pg 602, Eqn B.25, in the argument of arctan, replace 2ax + b with 2cx + b. (5/19/08)

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