Basic Chemistry
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Industry
100
What element is He?
Helium
100
What is the first ECHE class required, and who taught it last semester?
ECHE 101/ Dr. Ortiz
100
What is the equation for accumulation (general mass balance equation)?
accumulation = in - out + generation - consumption
100
What is the name of the café in Swearingen?
The Wired Café
100
What is the difference between an internship and a co-op?
An internship lasts a summer (typically) and a co-op lasts for two rotations (at least, like a summer and fall semester)
200
What range of numbers on the pH scale is an acid?
0-less than 7
200
What is the first class that you encounter mass balances?
ECHE 300
200
Label the Regions in this Phase Diagram.
Above A: Solid
Below A/D/C: Gas
Between B/D/C: Liquid
200
What professor got their Bachelor's Degree in Macedonia?
Dr. Popov
200
Name a company that came to a panel interview for AIChE last semester.
Boeing and Nova Molecular Technologies
300
What type of reaction is the following?
CH4 + 2 O2 ---> CO2 + 2H2O
Combustion
300
What is the official Title of ECHE 456, and who teaches it?
Computational Methods for Engineering Applications/ Dr. Gatzke
300
A piston-cylinder contains 1kg water at 20℃ with an absolute pressure of 101.3kPa.
The piston is pulled upward until the pressure in the piston is reduced to 50kPa. The process is done slowly and the liquid and any vapor in the piston remain at 20℃. What can be said of the phase of water in the piston?
Compressed Liquid
300
Who is the ChemE Department Chair, Undergraduate Program Director, and Graduate Program Director?
Department Chair: Dr. Moss
Undergraduate Program Director: Dr. Williams
Graduate Program Director: Dr. Heyden
300
Name three types of industries that ChemE's typically go into.
Manufacturing, R&D, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Nuclear, Paper Products, Specialty Chemicals, Oil/Petroleum, Environment/Energy, Waste, Batteries, Consulting/Sales, Controls
400
Calculate the pressure of 0.55 mol of NH3 gas in a 2.00 L vessel at 25 °C. Hint R=0.08205 L*atm/mol*K
6.72 atm
400
What are the three classes in the Transport Sequence (name them in the correct order)?
ECHE 320 (Fluids) /ECHE 321 (Heat) /ECHE322 (Mass)
400
Methanol, Ethanol, n-propanol, and n-butanol are going to be separated in a distillation column. There is 97.8% recovery of ethanol in the distillate and 99.4% n-propanol in the bottoms. What are the light and heavy keys as well as the non keys?
LNK- Methanol
LK-Ethanol
HK- n-propanol
HNK- n-butanol
400
The graduate level Mass Transfer professor (Dr. White), is married to which other USC Faculty?
Dr. Nicholson (Marjorie)
400
If someone goes to graduate school, what are the two main career paths that they often choose to pursue?
Academia or R&D
500
What is the concentration of [H+] ions if the pH is 5.6?
2.5 x 10^-6
500
How many credit hours of upper division engineering courses are required to get your degree?
33 hours
500
What type of reactor would give the greatest conversion for the least amount of volume?
PFR
500
What professor who is currently teaching in the department has been working at USC the longest?
Dr. Stanford
500
What chemical company had the highest chemical sales in 2019?
Dow