Highlights the ways mixing is used in different industrial applications.

• 66 pages
• Grades 912

Table Of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Dedication from the Author
• Foreword
• Preface
• Safety Procedures
• Teacher Background
• Chemical Engineering
• Mixing
• References
• Section 1: Where Are the Raisins?
• An Analysis of Raisin Bran (Student Activity 1)
• Instructor Notes for Student Activity 1
• Section 2: Understanding the Mixing Problem
• Peas and Honey: The Importance of Mixing (Student Background 2A)
• Working Together: The Penicillin Story in Three Acts (Student Background 2B)
• History of the Glass Industry (Student Background 2C)
• Overhead 2-1: Historical Illustration of Glassmaking
• Who Solves the Problems? The Chemical Engineer! (Student Background 2D)
• Mixing in Many Cases (Student Background 2E)
• Overhead 2-2: Common Types of Impellers
• Overhead 2-3: Typical Arrangement for a Mechanical Mixer
• Section 3: Why Do Particles Segregate?
• Overhead 3-1: Some Possible Particle Distributions in a Two-Component Solid Mixture
• Why Do Patterns Appear? (Student Activity 3A)
• Instructor Notes for Student Activity 3A
• Will Grinding a Sample Improve Homogeneity? (Student Activity 3B)
• Instructor Notes for Student Activity 3B
• Will Other Solids Segregate? (Student Activity 3C)
• Instructor Notes for Student Activity 3C
• A Particle Race (Challenge Activity)
• Instructor Notes for the Challenge Activity
• Section 4: Where Does the Bounce Come From?
• This Is a Chemical Industry: The Dow Story (Student Background 4A)
• Where Does the Bounce Come From? (Student Background 4B)
• Table of Common Polymers (Student Background 4C)
• How Do We Know If Its Mixed Enough? (Student Activity 4)
• Instructor Notes for Student Activity 4
• Section 5: Design a New Polymer Toy
• Student Research Activity
• Instructor Notes for the Research Activity