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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chemical process equipment: selection and design / James R. Couper ...[et al.]. - 2nd ed.          p. cm.        Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 0-7506-7510-1 (alk. paper)

TP157.C414 2004

660'.283-dc22

2004026118

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