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octanol-water partition coefficient, 149<br />

one-dimensional flows, 45<br />

One-Way Analysis <strong>of</strong> Variance (anova), 192<br />

open thermodynamic system, 57<br />

open-channel flow and/or pipe flow, 49, 136<br />

open-system availability, 60<br />

operating lines, 106<br />

operational amplifiers, 182<br />

organic carbon partition coefficient Koc, 149<br />

orifice<br />

discharge freely into atmosphere, 51<br />

submerged, 51<br />

orifices, 50<br />

osmotic pressure <strong>of</strong> solutions <strong>of</strong> electrolytes, 165<br />

Otto Cycle, 212<br />

overall coefficients, 105<br />

overall heat-transfer coefficient, 68<br />

overburden pressure, 150<br />

overdamped, 89<br />

overflow rate, 162<br />

oxidation, 78<br />

oxidation potentials, 81<br />

oxidizing agent, 78<br />

packing factor, 82<br />

parabola, 3, 10<br />

paraboloid <strong>of</strong> revolution, 11<br />

parallel<br />

resonance, 170<br />

parallelogram, 11<br />

partial<br />

derivative, 8<br />

pressures, 58<br />

volumes, 58<br />

people requirements, 195<br />

periodic table <strong>of</strong> elements, 79<br />

permutations and combinations, 15<br />

pert, 196<br />

P-h diagram for refrigerant HFC-134a, 64<br />

pH <strong>of</strong> aqueous solutions, 78<br />

phase margin, 88<br />

phase relations, 58<br />

phasor transforms <strong>of</strong> sinusoids, 169<br />

PID controller, 89<br />

pipe bends, enlargements, and contractions, 48<br />

pitot tube, 50<br />

plane truss, 25<br />

method <strong>of</strong> joints, 25<br />

method <strong>of</strong> sections, 25<br />

plant location, 195<br />

plug-flow reactor (PFR), 105<br />

point source attenuation, 150<br />

polar coordinates, 5<br />

polymer additives, 86<br />

polymers, 86<br />

population modeling, 150<br />

Portland cement concrete, 85<br />

possible cathode reactions (reduction), 82<br />

power in a resistive element, 168<br />

power law fluid, 44, 47<br />

Prandlt number, 69<br />

Prandtl number, 73<br />

press/shrink fits, 206<br />

pressure field in a static liquid, 44<br />

primary bonds, 82<br />

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223<br />

primary clarifier efficiency, 162<br />

prime implicant, 188<br />

principal stresses, 39<br />

prismoid, 11, 142<br />

probability and density functions<br />

means and variances, 197<br />

probability and statistics, 15<br />

probability functions, 16<br />

product <strong>of</strong> inertia, 25<br />

progressions and series, 7<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> series, 7<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> single-component systems, 56<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> water, 53<br />

psychrometric chart, 58, 65<br />

psychrometrics, 58<br />

pump, 214<br />

pump characteristics, 211<br />

pump power equation, 48<br />

quadratic equation, 3<br />

quadric surface (sphere), 4<br />

queueing models, 190<br />

radiation, 68, 71<br />

radiation half-life, 85<br />

radiation shields, 71<br />

radius <strong>of</strong> curvature, 8<br />

radius <strong>of</strong> gyration, 25<br />

rainfall-run<strong>of</strong>f, 135<br />

random variate generation, 191<br />

randomized block design, 192<br />

Raoult's law for vapor-liquid equilibrium, 60<br />

rapid mix, 164<br />

rate constants, 104, 160, 162<br />

rate <strong>of</strong> heat transfer in a tubular heat exchanger, 69<br />

rate <strong>of</strong> transfer<br />

function <strong>of</strong> gradients at the wall, 73<br />

in terms <strong>of</strong> coefficients, 73<br />

rate-<strong>of</strong>-return, 93<br />

rational formula, 135<br />

Rayleigh equation for batch distillation, 71, 106<br />

RC and RL transients, 170<br />

reaction order, 104<br />

reactive systems, 103<br />

reactors, 105<br />

recommended weight limit (U.S. Customary Units), 194<br />

rectifying section, 106<br />

reducing agent, 78<br />

reduction, 78<br />

reel and paddle, 164<br />

<strong>reference</strong> dose, 155<br />

reflux ratio, 106<br />

refrigeration and HVAC, 217<br />

refrigeration cycles, 58<br />

regular polygon (n equal sides), 11<br />

reinforced concrete design, 115<br />

relative volatility, 106<br />

reliability, 193<br />

required power, 163<br />

reradiating surface, 72<br />

residential exposure equations, 156<br />

resistivity, 167<br />

resistors in series and parallel, 168<br />

resolution <strong>of</strong> a force, 24<br />

resonance, 170<br />

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