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Author Fournier, Ronald L

Title Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Edition
Edition 4th ed
Published Milton : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (657 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Notation; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Review of units and dimensions; 1.1.1 Units; 1.1.2 Fundamental dimensions; 1.1.2.1 Mass and weight; 1.1.2.2 Temperature; 1.1.2.3 Mole; 1.1.3 Derived dimensional quantities; 1.1.3.1 Pressure; 1.1.3.2 Volume; 1.1.3.3 Equations of state; 1.2 Dimensional equation; 1.3 Conservation of mass; 1.3.1 Law of conservation; 1.3.2 Chemical reactions; 1.3.3 The extent of a chemical reaction; 1.3.4 Material balances; 1.4 Tips for solving engineering problems
1.5 Useful numerical methodsProblems; Chapter 2: A review of thermodynamic concepts; 2.1 The first law of thermodynamics; 2.1.1 Closed systems; 2.1.2 Steady flow processes; 2.2 The second law of thermodynamics; 2.2.1 Reversible processes; 2.3 Properties; 2.3.1 Heat capacity; 2.3.2 Calculating the change in entropy; 2.3.2.1 Entropy change of an ideal gas; 2.3.3 The Gibbs and Helmholtz free energy; 2.3.3.1 Gibbs free energy; 2.3.3.2 Helmholtz free energy; 2.4 The fundamental property relations; 2.4.1 Exact differentials; 2.5 Single phase open systems; 2.5.1 Partial molar properties
2.5.1.1 Binary systems2.5.1.2 Property changes of mixing; 2.5.1.3 Ideal gas; 2.5.1.4 Gibbs free energy of an ideal gas mixture; 2.5.2 Pure component fugacity; 2.5.2.1 Calculating the pure component fugacity; 2.5.3 Fugacity of a component in a mixture; 2.5.4 The ideal solution; 2.6 Phase equilibrium; 2.6.1 Pure component phase equilibrium; 2.6.1.1 Fugacity of a pure component as a compressed liquid; 2.6.2 Excess properties; 2.6.3 Applications of equilibrium thermodynamics; 2.6.3.1 Solubility of a solid in a liquid solvent; 2.6.3.2 Depression of the freezing point of a solvent by a solute
2.6.3.3 Equilibrium between a solid and a gas phase2.6.3.4 Solubility of a gas in a liquid; 2.6.3.5 Osmotic pressure; 2.6.3.6 Distribution of a solute between two liquid phases; 2.6.3.7 Single-stage solute extraction; 2.6.3.8 Multistage solute extraction; 2.6.3.9 Vapor-liquid equilibrium; 2.6.3.10 Flammability limits; 2.6.3.11 Thermodynamics of surfaces; 2.6.3.12 Equilibrium dialysis; 2.6.3.13 The Gibbs-Donnan effect; 2.6.3.14 Donnan potential; 2.6.3.15 Chemical equilibrium in ideal aqueous solutions; Problems; Chapter 3: Physical properties of the body fluids and the cell membrane
3.1 Body fluids3.2 Fluid compositions; 3.3 Capillary plasma protein retention; 3.4 Osmotic pressure; 3.4.1 Osmolarity; 3.4.2 Calculating the osmotic pressure; 3.4.3 Other factors that may affect the osmotic pressure; 3.5 Filtration flow across a membrane; 3.5.1 Predicting the hydraulic conductance; 3.5.1.1 Rectangular pores; 3.6 Net capillary filtration rate; 3.6.1 A comparison of the blood flow into the capillary with the capillary filtration flow rate; 3.7 Lymphatic system; 3.8 Solute transport across the capillary endothelium; 3.9 The cell membrane; 3.9.1 Action potentials
Notes 3.10 Ion pumps maintain nonequilibrium state of the cell
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