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Practice Problems for the Chemical Engineering PE Exam: A Companion to the Chemical Engineering Reference Manual, 6th ed.

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This book of problems is meant to accompany the "Chemical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 6th ed." by the same author. The nice thing about this product is that it is reasonably well supported by the website [...], which publishes errata for any mistakes that may have crept in.

Now I will caution you - this book serves the purpose of reaquainting you with concepts that you may have forgotten, but does not fully get you ready for the questions posed on a PE exam. Approximately one month before you take the PE exam, be sure to look at the NCEES sample test, available from the NCEES website. The NCEES publication gives you a better feel for what you will be up against. That said, this book was still extremely helpful in many of the key topics and has, for the most part, well-explained solutions.

This book does what it needs to do. I worked all of the problems in this book as my way of studing for the PE. I then did the pratice exam problems. Between both of these I was able to pass the first time. Do not get this book with out the referance manual. I do not believe that I could of passed without the referance manual.

I practiced the problems twice prior to the exam. The practice problems are very hard, compared to the actual exam. However, I still tried to finish every practice problem in this book the first time and I worked on the relatively simple ones the second time. During the actual exam, I finished the exam in 2.5 hours both in the morning and afternoon. I would say this book will help you study but not your confidence. Too build up your confidence, get the NCEES sample problems. It is more realisitc.

This is a great book to get alot of practice problems. So far they seem pretty similar to what is supposed to be on the PE. The only issue is that the section on plants seems a little different than what I was taught in school. Other than that, great book!

Good 'catch all' book. An exhastive coverage of all aspects of ChE. The problems are very selective and challenging. They are a little cumbersome to work thru, but well worth it; The problems seem designed to help w/ applying ChE principles versus simple 'plug-in-the-number' problem solving. It has helped me with understanding when and how to make realistic assumptions, making a long problem much shorter. The problems also seem to be more challenging then the actual sample exams. It makes taking the sample PE exams a breeze.

Highly recommended also is the Lindeburg, ChE reference manual for PE exam.