1. Period I Reports Terry A. Ring

2. Equations Complete –Middle of Sentance Comma after –Ending Sentance Ending punctuation (period) –Balanced Stiochoimetry on Reactions Units of Constants

3. Engineering Terms Please use them instead of slang –Examples Theoretical mole concentration => equilibrium mole fraction Theoretical empirical model=>??? Horizontal radial system=>??? Electronic microscope => Electron Microscope –digital microscope Liquid level efficiency=>Murphree liquid efficiency Fowling Factor => Fouling Factor Step limiting heat transfer=>?? In a company, your reports are archived and used by others, don't show a lack of professionali sm

4. Writing Clear Concise Coherent Parallel Sentence Construction …. creating a vapor that is enriched in the more volatile components and a liquid that is enriched I the heavier components. less volatile

5. Intro –Give some explanation of why the experiment or the equipment has value for chemical engineer –State the problem (or reason for this experiment) in your own words –Finish with your approach to resolving the experimental problem. –This should be 1 page or so in length

6. Theory Should cover all ideas/concepts/theory used in results and discussion section. All equations need to have text describing them. Figures/Tables are allowed in Theory section. Need to reference things more thoroughly –Each major idea –Each equation

7. References Use more thoroughly –Research your topic more thoroughly

8. Error Error is the single most important thing in Lab work –get error as low as possible in your work! –Clearly state your errors in all numbers (theory calc. or expt. result), tables and figures. Error analysis on all values presented is critical for quality work! Comparison of your work to theory and others is critical to quality work

9. Conversion at 3 residence times of sodium hydroxide vs. stirrer rpm for 1.3 L baffled stirred tank reactor operating at a flow of 1.265±0.03 ml/s for 0.134 ±0.006 M NaOH (the limiting reactant) and 1.019 ±0.02 ml/s 0.167 ±0.009 ethyl acetate. This reaction is second order overall. Ideal CSTR Ideal PFR

10. Tables & Figures Figure Stands Alone/Table Stands Alone –Legend needs operating conditions and more about how to interpret the figure/table Compare to theory whenever possible Other –Units of Figures and Table column heads –Do not forget axes titles with units

11. Results and Discussion What is required for Results and Discussion? –Here are the results, you (the reader) figure it out. (C) –Here are the results and here is what they mean. (A)

12. Results & Discussion Describe Figure Describe Table –Tell the reader what he/she is to get from the figure or table. –The tell the reader what it means –Compare with theory whenever possible Tables Figures With other data

13. Nomenclature Section Check that all symbols are listed Need definition and units for each symbol

14. Conclusions Do not focus on problems with the lab Focus instead on the results and error estimates and use of data for comparison to theory or for design purposes Be quantitative about the comparison Give the results of the design

15. Last Checks Proof read your report –Do not use I or we in the report Double check that the equations, Figures and Tables printed correctly Double check appendix is complete