The primary journal publication for AIChE
AIChE joural
What are the requirements for a fire to exist?
Ignition source, oxidizer, fuel
What is the scientific term for "rusting"?
Oxidation
What is the main purpose of a catalyst in a reaction?
Decrease the activation energy/increase the rate of reaction
After what period in history did production shift from batch to continuous processes?
Industrial Revolution
The year AIChE was founded
1908
HAZOP stands for....?
Hazard and operability
What is the process which separates a liquid mixture based on different boiling points?
Distillation
Which equation describes the relationship between fluid pressure, velocity, and elevation of an incompressible fluid
Bernoulli's
Which US university developed the first four-year chemical engineering program?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
What was the original purpose of AIChE when it was founded?
To distinguish chemical engineers from chemists and mechanical engineers
Risk is composed of what two factors?
Consequences and frequency
What is the energy absorbed or released by a substance during a phase change that occurs without changing its temperature?
Latent heat
What does PID stand for in "PID controller"?
Proportional-Integral-Derivative
Which scientist introduced the dimensionless number to predict laminar vs turbulent flow? (first and last name)
Osborne Reynolds
Name one AIChE industry joint initiaitve
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS), Design Institute for Physical Properties (DIPPR), Safety and Chemical Engineering Education Program (SACHE), Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), Institute for Sustainability (IFS)
What is the term for combustion which propagates at subsonic speeds?
Deflagration
What are enantiomers?
Mirror image isomers of the same molecular formula
What is the Prandtl number?
Ratio of momentum diffusivity (kinematic viscosity) to thermal diffusivity
University of Manchester
Currently, how many divisions and forums does AIChE have?
22
What was the 2013 West Fertilizer incident?
Ammonia nitrate explosion
What term describes a substance that can act as an acid and a base?
Amphoteric
For a binary gas mixture, you can determine the diffusion coefficient using which equation?
Wilke-Lee
The name of the very first chemical engineering course in the US
"Course X"