Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering (Prentice Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences) 1st Edition

I have read this book up to chapter 7 for my class at the moment of this review and I want to say that this is hands down one of the best chemical engineering books out there. This book explains everything clearly and will leave you with no questions after you read it and think through it. Also it has many great example that really help solve the end of chapter problems, and the end of chapter summaries are great help for going back for formulas and quick references.It also comes with extra content and worked examples in the CD, including extra chapters. I have to admit that I have not used this included resource as of yet since they do a lot of stuff in POLYMATH and MATLAB and I use python. But is there for whoever wants to use that software.Anyways, after a year of using a horrible transport phenomena book this book comes at a great surprise and I strongly recommend you get it even if professor posts notes. And if you get it new (I don't know if it works for used copies) you can get a free PDF along with a reduced POLYMATH price of $19.50.I will post back after I finish the book but so far I am loving it and learning a lot.

As I read this book, it makes me happy. I enjoy reading the textbookbecause of the tone that is used. I appreciate the fact that it is not assumed thatthat I am some super genius, but rather an average intellect thatneeds to be spoon fed material at times. I like the fact that the conceptsare explained clearly and in a fashion that is logical, straightforward,and just makes sense. I like the diagrams that are given, the tables, andthe excellent examples and 'walkthroughs'. These examples and other onlineresources give me the courage and confidence to tackle problems on my own.I really enjoy playing the games that accompany the chapters and feelthat they genuinely enhance my understanding. They are humorous, unique,and give me a break from just reading from a textbook all day (althoughthis is not the case with this book). I also find the living examplesinsightful and rewarding to look at. In addition, I truly appreciate theonline walkthroughs for polymath and Matlab as they are gems in and ofthemselves. All in all, I just want to thank Professor Fogler for writing such a greattext that encourages and motivates me to study and become a good chemicalengineer. I hope he will continue to produce texts and materials thiscomprehensively in the future.Really, every time I read this book it amazes me at how well concepts are conveyed and at how well the book engrosses the reader. I continually ask myself why other authors can't write textbooks like this?This is CHEMICAL ENGINEERING made EASY!

This is actually one of the best textbooks that I've been required to use. The topics are explained very well in this text and the examples are excellent. The book problems are very difficult though, which is a bit surprising. I used this book as part of a kinetics class and I actually felt like it was quite a bit of help. The writing is good and it's easy to follow the topics. It reads very linearly for the most part which is a good thing. It's a great textbook for reaction engineering.

Got the book really fast in time for a test. I’m mainly giving the rating out of the quality of the book as a rental. Obviously I’m required to use it for class but even for the subject matter this seems to be one of the better books and I did well because it’s alright to study from.

In attempts to make the book easier to read (I guess?), they have absolutely butchered it. Rather than displaying the text in regular, individual pages (like that of a normal book) the information is reformatted as make-shift slides. This would be fine if done in a precise manner. However, in this case it looks as if they literally just copied the information from the text and directly pasted it into slides, completely disregarding formatting irregularities. The spacing between sentences in paragraphs and the general structure seems like a mess. I would highly recommend finding a PDF version or buying the hard copy.

This book is actually a really nice option for kinetics. Actually it is one of only a handful of kinetics books that I'm aware of.The biggest issue I have is my professor, but the book makes up for a lot of that.

This is such a good kinetics textbook. The explanations are wonderful and there's even a bit of humor in it (weird, I know but it made me smile). If you have a choice in textbooks, get this one.The seller packaged the book well and it arrived in perfect condition.

Well, this text is pretty much the gold-standard for chemical reaction engineering studies. There are still a good number of typos considering the number of revisions it has gone through. Fogler does get a little corny at times with some of the jokes he works into the problems after each chapter, but i can't think of any other texts that present the core material as well as this one does.