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Chapters 3 and 4 treat the pressure-volume-temperature behavior of fluids and certain heat effects, allowing early application of the first law to important engineering problems. The second law and some of its applications are considered in Chapter 5. These five chapters complete the foundation of the subject and allow the development in Chapters 6 and 7 of a comprehensive exposition of the thermodynamic properties of pure fluids and fluid mixtures. This material is essential to the application of thermodynamics to problems of phase and chemical equilibria, the special domains of chemical engineers. These latter topics are covered at length in Chapters 8 and 9. The material of the last four chapters is less chemically oriented. However, fluid mechanics is an integral part of any chemical engineer's knowledge, and therefore Chapter 10 is devoted to the thermodynamics of flow processe$. In Chapters 11 and 12 we treat power production and refrigeration processes, topics of great importance for the most efficient use of limited energy. Finally, Chapter 13 deals with the thermodynamic analysis of real processes. This material is relevant to energy utilization and affords a review of much of the practical subject matter of thermodynamics. Although the text contains much introductory material, it is also reasonably comprehensive. Hence it may be used, through appropriate selection of chapters and sections, in a variety of courses from the sophomore to the first-year graduate level. It should also serve as a useful reference source for practical chemical engineers.