(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best chemical engineering books

My main hobby is reading textbooks, so I decided to go beyond the scope of the question posed. I took a look at what I have on my shelves in order to recommend particularly good or standard books that I think could characterize large portions of an undergraduate degree and perhaps the beginnings of a graduate degree in the main fields that interest me, plus some personal favorites.

Neuroscience: Theoretical Neuroscience is a good book for the field of that name, though it does require background knowledge in neuroscience (for which, as others mentioned, Kandel's text is excellent, not to mention that it alone can cover the majority of an undergraduate degree in neuroscience if corequisite classes such as biology and chemistry are momentarily ignored) and in differential equations. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology were used in my classes on cognition and learning/memory and I enjoyed both; though they tend to choose breadth over depth, all references are research papers and thus one can easily choose to go more in depth in any relevant topics by consulting these books' bibliographies.

General chemistry, organic chemistry/synthesis: I liked Linus Pauling's General Chemistry more than whatever my school gave us for general chemistry. I liked this undergraduate organic chemistry book, though I should say that I have little exposure to other organic chemistry books, and I found Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis to be very informative and useful. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take instrumental/analytical/inorganic/physical chemistry and so have no idea what to recommend there.

Biochemistry: Lehninger is the standard text, though it's rather expensive. I have limited exposure here.

Mathematics: When I was younger (i.e. before having learned calculus), I found the four-volume The World of Mathematics great for introducing me to a lot of new concepts and branches of mathematics and for inspiring interest; I would strongly recommend this collection to anyone interested in mathematics and especially to people considering choosing to major in math as an undergrad. I found the trio of Spivak's Calculus (which Amazon says is now unfortunately out of print), Stewart's Calculus (standard text), and Kline's Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach to be a good combination of rigor, practical application, and physical intuition, respectively, for calculus. My school used Marsden and Hoffman's Elementary Classical Analysis for introductory analysis (which is the field that develops and proves the calculus taught in high school), but I liked Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis (nicknamed "Baby Rudin") better. I haven't worked my way though Munkres' Topology yet, but it's great so far and is often recommended as a standard beginning toplogy text. I haven't found books on differential equations or on linear algebra that I've really liked. I randomly came across Quine's Set Theory and its Logic, which I thought was an excellent introduction to set theory. Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica is a very famous text, but I haven't gotten hold of a copy yet. Lang's Algebra is an excellent abstract algebra textbook, though it's rather sophisticated and I've gotten through only a small portion of it as I don't plan on getting a PhD in that subject.

Computer Science: For artificial intelligence and related areas, Russell and Norvig's Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach's text is a standard and good text, and I also liked Introduction to Information Retrieval (which is available online by chapter and entirely). For processor design, I found Computer Organization and Design to be a good introduction. I don't have any recommendations for specific programming languages as I find self-teaching to be most important there, nor do I know of any data structures books that I found to be memorable (not that I've really looked, given the wealth of information online). Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming is considered to be a gold standard text for algorithms, but I haven't secured a copy yet.

Physics: For basic undergraduate physics (mechanics, e&m, and a smattering of other subjects), I liked Fundamentals of Physics. I liked Rindler's Essential Relativity and Messiah's Quantum Mechanics much better than whatever books my school used. I appreciated the exposition and style of Rindler's text. I understand that some of the later chapters of Messiah's text are now obsolete, but the rest of the book is good enough for you to not need to reference many other books. I have little exposure to books on other areas of physics and am sure that there are many others in this subreddit that can give excellent recommendations.

Other: I liked Early Theories of the Universe to be good light historical reading. I also think that everyone should read Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

A PE cert is important for other branches of engineering, especially for Civil, but the only time it is really needed for EE is:

• Power (very high voltage, power plants, etc...)
  
  
• Certain times, somewhat rare, for everything else. At which point, they basically find someone who is licensed in the correct state and get him to review/sign.
  
  I never got mine, I was worried that I might regret that, but I am starting to become confident I won't.
  
  
  If you are interested in controller/programming and dist. control, I would start off by applying to Emerson, Honeywell, Foxboro(Invensys), Yokagawa or even HIMA.
  
  In the Houston area (I know that is a ways from Wa.), there is also a high concentration of 3rd party outfits that are contracted to do a lot of the programming/configuration due to the amount of nearby industry.
  
  
  But yeah, I came out of school working for a vendor doing configuration and programming, and it was a very good transition out of school. In general, they have a slower pace of work and are much more of a niche role, which is a very good thing when you are on your first job. When I left them to work for an E&C firm, it was another huge step change. The reason control systems in industry is so awesome is because it is such a HUGE field, and it is constantly changing/evolving.
  
  The best thing you can do, IMO, is to pursue one of those vendors, they are all large and have a lot of opportunities. In interviews, you need to listen, ask pertinent questions, and show that you are willing to tackle challenges, and welcome them. Know that 99% of what you learned in school will never be used again, but all that knowledge is important as a foundation to learn new stuff. Always jump at the opportunity to do field work, that is where you learn a HUGE amount of information.
  
  Also, I always swore that I would never work in the Oil and Gas industry (I thought it was old, boring, etc), and that is exactly where I ended up. And I am so happy about it... it is a VERY complex and interesting industry. Here you do more distributed control. If you end up working with factories or chem plants (which is more likely in your region) it will probably involve more batch process control.
  
  
  Finally, YOU HAVE GOT TO CHECK OUT THESE TWO BOOKS... I know they are expensive, but they are the most comprehensive and great aggregations of control systems information out there...
  
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Engineers-Handbook-Vol-Measurement/dp/0849310830/ref=pd_sim_b_1
  
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Engineers-Handbook-Vol-Optimization/dp/0849310814/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2
  
  If you get them, please let me know what you think. I love em. When you have 5,000 pages of information and it can barely touch on every topic, you know that your field is pretty broad.
  
  
  

We set up LabCup (www.labcup.net) in our lab a few years ago and it automates so many tasks for us saving a huge amount of time ever since! But I think you are right: how you organize the lab is absolutely key!

• I agree with the others that the unique barcoding is absolutely the way to go (just think about tracking expiry dates per bottle...)
  
  
  
• to store within a cabinet I would recommend that you store the chemicals by increasing barcode numbers, where about 30-50 are in one section. The more diverse the chemicals are by size is the better (easier to pinpoint the 100ml bottle from the crowd). Finding chemicals by numbers is FAR-FAR quicker than by sub(-sub) locations and also less administration. The only drawback, that sometimes you need to compress them to make up for the empty space generated by the used-up bottles. The samples are of course a different story, and using sublocations might be practical, but storing by numbers is really huge sometimes! Also you get away from the idea to store them by alphabetic order which leads you to the synonyme problem if you know what I mean...
  
  
  
• for compatibility LabCup has a great segregation functionality that categorises your inventory into compatibility groups (on several levels and based on chemical data) including storage temperatures and then you can just drag and drop those categories onto locations as a laboratory storage master plan. It will give you a list what can stay and what should be taken away from that location and will even give you the pictograms how to hazard label the cabinet. Also next time if you order similar chemicals it will recommend you where to put it. Although its a great help, you need to watch out as a chemist, but you will be much safer than just by the acid-base segregation.
  
  
  
• last, and this is a little bit cultural: I recommend not to track in the database when somebody takes out something, just push everyone in the lab to put everything back after use! The win is two fold: much less administration and the chemicals are always where they should be: in the safest storage place.
  
  
  
  The book of Prudent Practices in the Laboratory is really great and the following two books might be also useful: Safe Storage of Laboratory Chemicals (ISBN 0-471-51581-7) and Guidelines for Safe Storage and Handling of Reactive Materials (ISBN 0-8169-0629-7) if you work with larger quantities.
  
  
  Good luck!

Here goes the dump:

On perfume industry:

Chandler Burr - The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York - the book that originally got me into fragrances. It is exactly what it says on the cover: an inside look at how mainstream fragrances (specifically Jardin Sur Le Nil by Hermes and Lovely by S J Parker) are developed.

Jean Claude Ellena - Diary of a Nose J-C Ellena is the head perfumer at Hermes and a part time writer (and a hero of the previous book). This book is more about his personal reminiscences and thoughts about perfumes. He also gives an interesting list of cool fragrance recipes (accords) in the appendix

Jean Claude Ellena - Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent - by the same author. This book is mostly about the industry.

Denyse Beaulieu - The Perfume Lover: A Personal History of Scent This is an autobiographic book from a woman who reeeealy loves perfumes and managed to convinced a famous perfumer Bertrand Duchafour to make a perfume for her. Sometimes reads more like an erotic novel but a good book.

Perfume guides:

Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez - Perfumes: The A-Z Guide - a famous guide, very quirky and opinionated but their perfume descriptions are great fun to read.

Luca Turin's blog Turin is a famous perfume freak and olfaction scientist, he stopped writing, but the blog posts are available for download.

Chandler Burr - articles Burr is a self-styled perfume art critic, who writes for major newspaper and magazines. His articles make a good intro for a layman.

Barbara Herman - Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume This is about collecting antique perfumes. Reads a like a slightly edited collection of blog posts (which I think it indeed is).

Tessa Williams - Cult Perfumes A guide to niche perfumes. I suspect most of the text was written by the brands themselves, because sometimes it has a marketing blurb feel to it. Nevertheless it gives a good overview of major players.

The H&R Books (4 Volume Set) Book of Perfume, Fragrance Guide , Feminine Notes, Fragrance Guide, Masculine Notes, Guide to Fragrance Ingredients It doesn't say all that much about each perfumes, just the notes, but what it lacks in depth it makes up in breadth.

Michael Edwards - Fragrances of The World - another huge compendium. Don't have it myself, but looks very solid.

On general olfaction:

Chandler Burr - Emperor of Scent - it's about Luca Turin and his new theory of olfaction. I get the feeling that the technicalities are over the author's head but it's a fun read. Has a lot about fragrances as well.

Luca Turin - The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell the book by the man himself. Fun popular science.

Avery Gilbert - What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life A collection of popular sketches about olfaction, from Smell-o-vision to the way they train police dogs

Gunter Ohloff, Wilhelm Pickenhagen, Philip Kraft - Scent and Chemistry - I havent read it yet, but it comes with high recommendations.

I also have a bunch of books on perfume making, but these probably should go into a separate topic

Some of the best info is held in two books:

The Art of Perfumery, by G. W. Septimus Piesse amazon link here

and

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Soaps, Volume 2, by W. A. Poucher, Vol amazon link here

The first is historical, but very helpful to explain what perfume manufacture was like in the nineteenth century, and how basic accords were made. Also, he gives some very simple and helpful ways to reproduce the scents of flowers which are hard to capture in nature by using other materials.

The second book (by Poucher) is part of a 4-book series. This volume, along with Vol 1, are the most useful. They lay out some of the very fundamental building blocks of how perfume ingredients are made, reconstructed - how to create basic accords, what the essence of accords are, how they are shifted slightly through changes in ingredients, etc. It's a perfect mix of technical information, historical background, and practical advice.

I would also second the info previous posted about consulting the demonstration formulas at GoodScents, and also the DIY forum at Basenotes. The DIY forum can be a bit advanced, but some folks will help you with basic questions - just be sure to first search through their older posts with advice for beginners (I had many questions answered here that I would have spent weeks asking for otherwise.)

If you are actually looking to start studying and making perfume, my advice to a beginner is that there will be a lot to learn ahead of you, and it's best to embrace this as a great part of the process. To this day, I am constantly asking myself questions, learning about new materials, studying new things, finding better ways to work, etc. It's an unlimited field of inquiry. If you're learning all that alongside study of perfumes out in the marketplace, both fields of study will complement each other. You'll begin to understand how fragrances are made, and when you first recognize a scent component being used in a mainstream perfume, it's a bit of a revelation!

I mostly learned from a variety of sources, as there's not an ideal single text on this avenue of research, IMO.

I found general small-angle scattering references for free here and here, the latter being a PDF document from the EMBL small-angle scattering group. For NSE experiments on these sorts of systems, it's pretty much expected you've already done characterization of your samples via small-angle x-ray and/or neutron scattering

I'd also recommend the NIST Summer School course materials as a good and inexpensive way to get started on the neutron spectroscopy side of things. Most of what I'd seen in terms of texts tended to be fairly pricey monographs when starting out, so I'd either borrow stuff from coworkers or my institutional library. There are advanced undergrad/starting grad student texts on x-ray & neutron scattering - e.g., 1 and 2 - but I didn't find out about them until a bit further into my studies.

As might be obvious, there's definitely inspiration and foundational work to be found in the polymer science literature. I went running to Doi and Edwards, for example, when I realized that I needed more background reading in this area, but I'm sure others have their particular favorites in this and related areas.

Insofar as the bio-side of things, well, I've been doing biophysically oriented research since I was an undergrad. I'd suggest a popular biophysics text as well (either Nelson's Biological Physics or Physical Biology of the Cell ) as a starting point/reference. These are aimed towards advanced undergraduates or new grad students as well, mostly due to the interdisciplinary nature of the topics. Speaking of PBoC, one of the authors maintains a publications page where you can check out the PDFs of his group's work.

I think I'll end there, as I think that should be enough pleasure reading for a little while, at least.

Ahhhhh, it all makes sense now, thanks for finally dropping a clue about your credentials. Sorry if I was brusque; I'll clue you into something. Years ago I was also an engineering grad student (also for free) and foolishly thought all that groovy stuff I was learning actually meant something. It does, don't get me wrong, but not in the way I thought it did. Professional engineering is not science; we make assumptions, we take short cuts, we use handbooks and correlations. We have to be able to call upon that school knowledge to help guide us in making decisions but the work we do is something entirely different. Diffusivities (be they related to neutrons, heat transfer, momentum transfer, or mass transfer) are known well enough over the appropriate regions for most engineering calculation. You may claim that this is false, or far from the truth, but I don't have the time to go over 3 semesters of nuclear power plant design theory. What I will do, though, since you are in engineer school as we type, is point you to the library: this one and that one are good starting places. A tip: if you mention Lamarsh in a question about nuclear engineering, every nuclear engineer in sight will automatically treat you with respect and answer your question or point you to someone who can.




I know I'm not going to change your mind about this so I'll stop trying; you do seem very passionate about it and I respect that. However, I do resent you implication that I'm only doing this for money(ha!), prestige (double-ha!), or curiosity (well, I am curious, but not really my purpose for working in this industry).




I also just noticed that you edited your original reply while I've been typing. I'm sorry if I've upset you, but you do have a rather abrasive way of conversing in these threads and before I realized where you were coming from I wasn't sure how to approach it. For the record I do not work at a plant but at a vendor (we design and analyze nuclear safety systems) and I hold both a B.S. and M.S. in nuclear engineering, concentrated in thermal-hydraulics design and analysis (although apparently this doesn't make me a real engineer in you definition). I guess the really infuriating thing about your threads is that you're painting an entire sector of the engineering community with the same brush, but no bother I guess. I'd like to reply to each of the searing accusations you put forth in your edited reply, but I fear they would fall on deaf ears. If you'd like to actually ask me a real engineering question and get a real answer, feel free to PM me, these threads just aren't suited to that type of exchange.




Best of luck on your finals and, I assume, your Quals (if you haven't already taken them).

It's really just material balances. Unfortunately, if you want it to be as accurate as possible, you'll have to perform material balances for all of the intracellular yeast metabolites. I'm not a modeller, but it is probably a bit more complex than you would do in Excel or Mathcad. It could be suited for Matlab. For our macroscopic fermentation (still hold true on any scale), we can look at a material balance as:

Accumulation_A = In_A - Out_A +/- Generation/Consumption_A

For a batch reactor, there is no flow in or out, so we're left with:

Accumulation_A = Generation/Consumption_A

For a constant volume and density system (assume constant density for fermentation), we have:

dCA/dt = rate_A Volume reactor.

Because of the vast number of metabolites produced by the cells plus cellular growth, you have to consider the material balance for each species. Depending on the kinetics of reactions, you'd most likely end up with a large number of coupled, nonlinear ODES. That's why Matlab might be the best way to solve the model.

I feel like I had a lot more to say and rambled a bit, but I'll stop there. There are so many more assumptions and approximations to make that I could go on for a long time.

I'll keep on rambling, why not. Here's my unfiltered, half-coherent thought process on how to calculate fractional conversion and yield. I guess the simplest way to approximate it would be know the amount of sugar in the wort (assume all maltose & stoichiometry of 1 maltose yields 4 ethanol molecules), initial volume and density (SG), the FG, and final ethanol concentrations. All of these you can roughly get from hydrometer. Your limiting reactant will be the sugar (S) with the reaction of C12H22O11 + H2O --> 4 C2H6O + 4 CO2. Fractional conversion will be X_S = 1 - C_S/C_S,o where C_S,o is the initial concentration of sugar. You can get densities and concentrations using formulas based off of hydrometer value. The selectivity to ethanol (E) will be S_E = C_E/(4(C_S,o - C_S)). And yield to ethanol will be conversion selevivity. This procedure assumes constant density, so it's probably better to use moles than concentration because of the actual change in density upon fermentation.

Real simple example (my density estimates may be off). 1 L of wort. Maltose concentration of 1 mol/L. 1 mol maltose initially. Post-fermentation. Volume 0.9 L. Concentration maltose = 0.2 mol/L. Number of moles of maltose = 0.18 mol. Concentration ethanol = 1 mol/L. Number of moles of ethanol = 0.9 mol

X_S = 1 - 0.18/1 = 0.82 = 82 % conversion
S_E = 0.9/(4(1-0.18)) = 0.27 = 27% selectivity

yield_E = 0.22 = 22%


It's been some time, but I used this book for one of my courses in undergrad. That might give you some additional info.

Going to bed now, so I could have butchered some of those formulas. I'll give them a read over in the morning.

Anything in particular? Because my last job was working in ASU design and cryogenic tank installations...and it's like a whole university degrees worth of stuff to learn. I worked in the mechanical design and operations side of things so I'm not super knowledgable about the process side of things (we left that to the Chem engs).

I don't know of any websites but I used to work with the guy who literally wrote the book on industrial gases, I'd highly recommend it as it contains almost everything you could ever need to know about the topic.

The absolute basics of the ASU are pretty simple though, you compress air, cool it massively (usually with an expansion turbine / turboexpander), then fractionally distill it just like you do with crude oil.

Depending on the purity desired, and exactly what you want coming out the other end (i.e. liquid oxygen, nitrogen, argon, or as gases) the process can get quite a bit more complex. It get particularly fun when you want to get high purity Argon, or better yet Xenon or Krypton. You start needing distillation columns on top of several other distillation columns.

For hydrogen and carbon monoxide production you use a HYCO plant to crack methane gas into Hydrogen and CO using high temperature and high pressure steam. Oddly I've heard that Carbon monoxide sells for more than hydrogen - it's used in loads of chemical processes and to make some drugs i think.

I don't know much about refrigeration systems I'm afraid. Happy to try and answer any specific questions you might have.

This is my full list of books from /r/homebrewing but it includes pro level books:

New Brewers:

• How to Brew - John Palmer
  
• Brewing classic styles- Jamil Zainasheff
  
• Designing Great Beers - Ray Daniels
  
• The Complete Joy of Homebrewing - Charlie Papazian
  
  Continued Learning:
  
  
• Water - Palmer and Kaminsky
  
• Yeast - Zainicheff and White
  
• Malt - Mallet
  
• Hops - Hieronymous
  
• Experimental Brewing - Drew Beechum and Denny Conn
  
• Radical Brewing - Randy Mosher
  
• Brewing Better Beer - Gordon Strong
  
  Specialty/Advanced/Other:
  
  
• American Sour Beers - Michael Tonsmeire (/u/oldsock)
  
• Brewing with Wheat - Stan Hieronymus
  
• IPA: Brewing Techniques - Mitch Steele
  
• Farmhouse Ales - Phil Markowski
  
• Brew Like a Monk - Stan Hieronymus
  
• New Brewing Lager Beers - Gregory J. Noonan
  
• Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers- Stephen Harrod Buhner
  
• Drink: a cultural history of alcohol - Iain gately
  
• Principals of Brewing Science - George Fix
  
  Business Books:
  
  
• Brewing Up a Business - Sam Calagione
  
• Brewers association Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery - Cantwell, among others
  
• SO you want to start a brewery - Tony magee
  
• Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co - Ken Grossman
  
• Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery Paperback –Steve Hindy & Tom Potter
  
  Technical Readings (Textbooks might be expensive):
  
  
• Brewery Operations Manual - Tom Hennessy
  
• Beer Packaging - Master Brewers Association
  
• Technology Brewing and Malting - W. Kunze, 5th Edition
  
• Malting and Brewing Science, Volume 1 - Many Authors
  
• Malting and Brewing Science, Volume 2 - Many Authors
  
• Brewing yeast and fermentation - Boulton and Quain

The best one-stop introduction, I think, to all facets of catalysis is Rothenberg's nice little book:

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-3527318240.html

https://www.amazon.com/Catalysis-Concepts-Applications-Gadi-Rothenberg/dp/3527318240/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469391946&sr=8-1&keywords=Catalysis%3A+Concepts+and+Green+Applications

It's excellent basic coverage and doesn't limit itself to one aspect such as homogeneous catalysis or heterogeneous catalysis. And then you can go to slightly more advanced and specialized books. The following has a great discussion of some of the fundamentals (and somewhat extended treatment of kinetics aspects):

https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Modern-Catalysis-Kinetics-Chorkendorff/dp/3527316728/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41n0-wkRlSL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR110%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=35FPPJJG79MZR5X37HRS

The following have some intro material and have great sections about applications:

https://www.amazon.com/Catalysis-Principles-Applications-Matthias-Beller/dp/352732349X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=35FPPJJG79MZR5X37HRS

https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Catalysis-Practical-Jens-Hagen/dp/3527331654/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469392208&sr=8-1&keywords=Industrial+Catalysis%3A+A+Practical+Approach

That job sounds about right for an analytical chemist tbh. You asked for Books and I will give you books.

The all-around grand champion book for chemical engineers to have is Perry’s handbook.

In chemistry you did remedial thermodynamics in comparison to what chemical engineers are given, so I suggest this book as a primer in chemical thermodynamics. It covers phase equilibria, basic thermodynamics, and non-ideal behavior at a depth not seen in chemistry programs.

For heat and mass transfer I used this book in my undergrad. This is something that was almost certainly left untouched in your chemistry program.

For reaction engineering, I used [Folger’s book] (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-4th/dp/0130473944/). You might recognize some of the constituent pieces, but this will bring it all together to solve for definite times and conversions.

More applicable to your direct job is process control. [Bequette's book] (https://www.amazon.com/Process-Control-Modeling-Design-Simulation/dp/0133536408/) will probably be one of the most directly important books on this list for you as far as process monitoring goes. And [this book] (https://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Synthesis-Processes-International-Engineering/dp/0132618125/) will give your insight into why processes are made the way they are.

The most important book in the list is [Process Safety] (https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Process-Safety-Fundamentals-International/dp/0131382268/). It is important that you understand what is and is not dangerous, along with what it and is not safe. You can skip the blast calcs, but do look at the TLV data, because that will come up for emissions.

This list is overbuilt and if you only have time for 3 pick the last 3 I listed and pick up a cheap Perry’s handbook for reference.

You're welcome. First, they won't ask anything that isn't in the manual. So, as long as you know where to find what you need for that particular question, you are good. However, it may be in a different form than what you are used to. Using the book that you have to study is the best way to do it. It is what I used and is a pretty good representation of what will be on the exam. I wouldn't waste time going through old textbooks unless you want to read a little background on whatever topic it is.

The chemical engineering portion was a lot harder than I expected but since it is multiple choice, you have a decent shot at flat out guessing the answers. This is the book that I used to prep for it. However, I wouldn't recommend it because the problems are far harder in this review than are actually on the exam.

http://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Discipline-Specific-Review-EIT-Exam/dp/1591260671/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DPK3Z2TG4GZ2FXTYEDW

The best way to prep for the chemical part of the test is just to brush up on the basics of chemical engineering. Know how to convert units, stoichiometry, calculating reynolds numbers and other dimensionless quantities, and key chemical engineering concepts. I would say, the most helpful thing you can do for yourself is to know what units things should be in. Example: acceleration should be m/s^2. This will help tremendously when you have no idea how to work a problem. You take the units you are given, the units the answer is given in, look up the formula and figure out how to make the units work out. This method could possibly score a lot of points without knowing exactly how to work something out.

All of the books I can see from top to bottom on Amazon:

1. http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-Edition/dp/0130473944 -- used price: $90.98.
   
2. http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Thermodynamics-Donald-McQuarrie/dp/189138905X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407531821&sr=1-1&keywords=molecular+thermodynamics -- used price: $70.00 (paperback is $29.99)
   
3. http://www.amazon.com/Physical-Chemistry-Molecular-Donald-McQuarrie/dp/0935702997/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407531925&sr=1-1&keywords=physical+chemistry+a+molecular+approach -- used price: $72.44 (paperback is $42.65)
   
4. http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Physics-Molecules-Solids-Particles/dp/047187373X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407532022&sr=1-1&keywords=quantum+physics+of+atoms+molecules+solids+nuclei+and+particles -- used price: $52.66
   
5. http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Chemical-Engineering-Thermodynamics-Mcgraw-Hill/dp/0073104450/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407532094&sr=1-1&keywords=introduction+to+chemical+engineering+thermodynamics -- used price: $129.96 (paperback is $84.38)
   
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    Thanks to /u/WhereToGoTomorrow

"Energy" from nuclear fission takes several forms. Furthermore, those various forms react in different ways with the surrounding nuclei and electrons.

First, a summary of the energy released by fission is given below (from here):

| MeV

--------|:--------
Kinetic energy of fission fragments | 165 +/- 5
Instantaneous gamma rays | 7 +/- 1
Kinetic energy of neutrons | 5 +/- 0.5
Beta particles from product decay | 7 +/- 1
Gamma rays from product decay | 6 +/- 1
Neutrinos from product decay | 10
Total | 200 +/- 6

So, we have about 200 MeV (or million electron-volts where an electron volt is the energy required to move an electron across a potential difference of one volt which is approximately equal to 1.6×10^−19 joule) released per fission in the various forms listed.

Regarding how those forms interact, there are myriad ways. The fission fragments will collide with other nuclei, transferring some energy in the collisions. Gamma rays will typically interact in one of three ways:

1. Photoelectric Effect
2. Compton Scattering
3. Pair Production

For the sake of space, I would recommend consulting another resource to learn more about each of these interactions (e.g., Wikipedia).

Beta particles and electrons produced by gamma rays can undergo annihilation when a negatively- and positively-charged particle come together releasing at least two 511 keV (thousand electron-volts) gamma rays. In addition, as these charged particles decelerate, they release Bremsstrahlung (German for braking, neat factoid) gamma rays.

Neutrinos are slippery beasts that do not interact to a significant degree.

If you're truly interested in diving deeper, I highly recommend the Introduction to Nuclear Engineering by Lamarsh & Baratta. In addition to a discussion of these and other details regarding nuclear interactions, it will introduce the idea of the "cross-section" which is the probabilities of these various events taking place.

Source(s): As cited and compiled by a practicing nuclear engineer.

Edit: Incremental to get formatting just right.

Just get the book man... thats all u need honestly. I took the book and a few other support books (but this is honestly the only one i used) and i passed the first time.

https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Engineering-Reference-Manual-7th/dp/1591264103/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521490020&sr=8-3&keywords=chemical+engineering+PE

Also get the practice question book - very useful

https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Problems-Chemical-Engineering-Exam/dp/1591264111/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521490020&sr=8-2&keywords=chemical+engineering+PE

>the only book that surpasses How to Brew as far as details are concerned

Kunze is good, but it's not the only book like that. Brewing by Tom Young and Michael Lewis was the other textbook our brewing classes used. We used Kunze the year I took the class, and Young/Lewis the year I TA'd the class.

I've also heard good things about Volumes 1 and 2 of Malting and Brewing Science, by Hough, Briggs, Stevens, and Young, but I haven't done more than thumb through those books.

Thank you for your time and for your kind answer!

As for the material, I've found this this and obviously the good old Kalpakjjian

Sadly during my MSc we gave just a brief glance to this type of manufacturing so I'm looking for some ways to "upgrade" my knowledge about the subject.

As for the part related I'm not talking about the HR side of the question but more about the work distribution process. Could you tell me what really helped you in this?

ps You are absolutely right about the CAM videos on YT there're many fantastic walkthrough that I'm following at the moment

• The first four books of the Foxfire book series are good for many interesting bits of old-time know-how that have disappeared.
  
• The books Where There Is No Doctor and Where There Is No Dentist are available as downloads from Hesperian. Personally I like printed versions and ordered them off of Amazon.
  
• The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives covers some very important ground if you're concerned about generational collapse and self-defense.
  
• It's always good to have a version of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae.
  
• If you want to learn basic electronics get your ham license. The study books are relatively good guides to the basics.
  
  I don't have any good book recommendations for mechanical skills. I have a number of specialized ones but nothing really generic that I would recommend.

Energetic Materials are a real science unto themselves. Most of them are "tried and True" and the chemistry is well know.

Start with Tenny Davis, and go from there.

https://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Powder-Explosives-Tenney-Davis/dp/0913022004

Engineering Plastics Handbook

Injection Molding: Process Design and Applications

Though if you didn't already know, there are tons of books and articles and training resources available that you were not aware of as a student. Ask your colleagues or your supervisor if they have particular recommendations. A big part of your career is going to be finding this information yourself.

Good Luck!

https://www.amazon.ca/Analysis-Synthesis-Design-Chemical-Processes/dp/0132618125

This is the book I used while I was in school. My suggestion is to just go through your classes and let the knowledge come as you go through your classes and while/when you need it. Personally I can't learn if I am not going to use it or I have a project or exam about it. Good luck.

The textbook from my Food Preservation class was Potter and Hotchkiss's Food Science . I think we used the third edition from the 90s. It's got a food processing/ quality control perspective that you won't find in other recipe-focused books. If you like graphs and charts, this book has some good ones.

Definitely downloadand review the ~200 page FE Reference Handbook. It contains all the equations, tables, and unit conversations that are provided on the exam. The handbook also lists (by percentage) the topics that will be covered in the general morning session and each discipline-specific afternoon session. I had a general idea of where to find each equation, and this saved me a lot of time on the exam.

I purchased a FE Review Manual and the discipline-specific review manual for my major. I studied these for two weeks before the exam, averaging about 2 hours of studying a day. I tried to use the FE Reference Handbook to answer all the questions in the Review Manual, and I found that this helped me get familiarized with all the equations. The Review Handbook (especially the discipline specific handbook) more than adequately prepared me for the exam. The questions in the review manuals often required derivation and extensive algerba or calculus. The problems on the test were almost all "plug and chug."

I probably could have gotten away with just reviewing the Reference Handbook, but I'm easily overwhelmed by nerves and needed that extra "safety blanket" of review problems.

This is a good place to start.

You may appreciate having this in your kitchen then.

Here are all 4 books for less than $170 total

• Book 1
  
• Book 2
  
• Book 3
  
• Book 4
  
  You are in college, be a smart consumer.

As a process engineer here are some books i either use almost every day, or find very very useful:

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers:

https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Thumb-Chemical-Engineers-Fifth/dp/0123877857

Crane Technical Paper no. 410.

https://www.amazon.com/Fluids-Through-Valves-Fittings-TP-410/dp/B003152YTG

Chemical Engineering Reference Manual:

https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Engineering-Reference-Manual-7th/dp/1591264103

GPSA Data Book (I have an electronic copy, your mileage finding a paper copy may vary):

http://www.browntechnical.org/products/gpsa-engineering-data-book-fps-english-unit.html

Nuclear engineering: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering by Lamarsh

Goes from "what is an atom?" to advanced neutron shielding calculations and more. Don't know of another field with such a wide-ranging book.

The FE review might not be a bad place to hit everything.

Chemical Discipline-Specific Review for the FE/EIT Exam, 2nd Ed
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591260671/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fhOozb4CKG20Q

FE Review Manual: Rapid Preparation for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, 3rd Ed
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591263336/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_GhOozbR5VP0K0

Last time this was posted someone pointed out that all these books could be purchased for significantly less than $1000.


https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-4th/dp/0130473944

https://www.amazon.com/Physical-Chemistry-9th-Peter-Atkins/dp/1429218126

https://www.amazon.com/Separation-Process-Principles-Applications-Simulators/dp/0470481838

https://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Steven-S-Zumdahl/dp/061852844X

Download the NCEES Reference Manual from their website.

Buy the FE Review Manual

They also have a discipline specific review manual for chemical.

Found all these books for less than 250, don't buy books at the bookstore
first, second, third, fourth

Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes (co-authored by one of my professors)

Separation Process Engineering

Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering



Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles

Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (newest edition)

There were all of my texts from most recent to oldest that should have pertinent information to what all you're covering. I don't know where they would be covering parts 9-11 but I imagine that could be part of Separations.

That's because they have 2 reference manuals that condense everything down:

https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Engineering-Reference-Manual-7th/dp/1591264103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481981946&sr=8-1&keywords=pe+chemical+engineering

https://www.amazon.com/Perrys-Chemical-Engineers-Handbook-Eighth/dp/0071422943/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1481981968&sr=8-3&keywords=perry%27s

How'd she do? I'm just about to start studying, taking the ChE PE in the spring

The two books:

1. http://www.amazon.com/Separation-Process-Principles-Biochemical-Operations/dp/0470481838
   
   
2. http://www.amazon.com/University-Physics-Modern-13th/dp/0321696867/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407545099&sr=1-1&keywords=university+physics+young+and+freedman
   

Doran's 2nd edition: ISBN-13: 978-0122208515

or

Shuler's 2nd Edition: ISBN-13: 978-0130819086

Almost everyone starts with Lamarsh and Baratta. https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Nuclear-Engineering-John-Lamarsh/dp/0201824981

Ehhh, there's no secret there. You can pick up a classic textbook with knowledge that a 1935 researcher would kill for easily. Heck, wikipedia has some really amazing nuclear resources. Now, actually building things, now that's tricky.

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Nuclear-Engineering-John-Lamarsh/dp/0201824981

Hey you wanted an answer now you dont like it cuz "muh gun companies EVUL!"

Guess I'll go back to making improvised explosives and my own guns now. That help you feel safer since gun companies arent making profits?

https://www.armchairpatriot.com/Home%20Defense/Homemade%20Guns/Home%20Expedient%20Firearms%20-%209mm%20SMG.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1684112737/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

>U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook by Army

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1724856685/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

>Build Your Own Semi-Auto Handgun: A Step-by-Step Guide to Assembling an "Off-the-Books" GLOCK-Style P80 Pistol

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/162914438X/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

>Advanced Gunsmithing: A Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture, Alteration, and Repair of Firearms (75th Anniversary Edition)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0913022004/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

>The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives

If you understand everything in this free textbook, you'll be way ahead of most undergrads with a nuclear engineering degree in terms of chain reaction physics. Unfortunately it's hard to get through without some instruction. Also there's a lot more to engineering. Another good introductory book that deals a little more with engineering but is not free is Lamarsh.

Basically, nuclear engineers deal with the nuclear core. They deal with the chain reaction, the heat removal, the fuel performance, the material degradation, and the coupled transient performance. Once the heat is produced, it's up to mechanical, structural, civil, control, reliability, and electrical engineers to turn that heat into usable electricity.

>Name one and I'll check if it's in print

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook

https://www.amazon.com/Improvised-Explosives-How-Make-Your/dp/0873643208

https://www.amazon.com/Preparatory-Manual-Explosives-Jared-Ledgard/dp/0615142907/ref=pd_sim_14_22?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0615142907&pd_rd_r=YE3XPR6BNAJ7QPPPB79C&pd_rd_w=MaMUe&pd_rd_wg=WsPD2&psc=1&refRID=YE3XPR6BNAJ7QPPPB79C

https://www.amazon.com/Anarchist-Arsenal-Improvised-Incendiary-Explosives/dp/0873645804/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0873645804&pd_rd_r=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ&pd_rd_w=aSsXT&pd_rd_wg=b5kBM&psc=1&refRID=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ


https://www.amazon.com/Special-Forces-Guide-Unconventional-Warfare/dp/1616080094/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1616080094&pd_rd_r=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ&pd_rd_w=aSsXT&pd_rd_wg=b5kBM&psc=1&refRID=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ

https://www.amazon.com/Improvised-Land-Mines-Destructive-Capabilities/dp/0873646568/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0873646568&pd_rd_r=Q31YF3KDKYYMJMYQA0X7&pd_rd_w=3UFeF&pd_rd_wg=uLQkh&psc=1&refRID=Q31YF3KDKYYMJMYQA0X7

https://www.amazon.com/Do-Yourself-Gunpowder-Cookbook/dp/0873646754/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0873646754&pd_rd_r=Q31YF3KDKYYMJMYQA0X7&pd_rd_w=3UFeF&pd_rd_wg=uLQkh&psc=1&refRID=Q31YF3KDKYYMJMYQA0X7

https://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Powder-Explosives-Tenney-Davis/dp/0913022004/ref=pd_sim_14_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0913022004&pd_rd_r=Q31YF3KDKYYMJMYQA0X7&pd_rd_w=3UFeF&pd_rd_wg=uLQkh&psc=1&refRID=Q31YF3KDKYYMJMYQA0X7

https://www.amazon.com/Ragnars-Homemade-Detonators-Salvage-Detonate/dp/0873647378/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0873647378&pd_rd_r=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ&pd_rd_w=aSsXT&pd_rd_wg=b5kBM&psc=1&refRID=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ

https://www.amazon.com/Improvised-Munitions-Handbook-US-Army/dp/1492144878/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1492144878&pd_rd_r=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ&pd_rd_w=aSsXT&pd_rd_wg=b5kBM&psc=1&refRID=7HQK9RPTCDPQC7F4Y9NZ


>Edit: also it would be gross negligence if the UK government still had these bomb making manuals in publicly funded libraries!?

Why?

Here is how to make napalm: Buy gasoline. Melt Styrofoam in it.