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contributions of S.T. Balke, W.H. Burgess, and M.J. Phillips, who have participated in
the undergraduate courses, and for discussions with W.R. Smith. We very much appreci-
ate the comments on the manuscript received from reviewers. CAM credits, in addition
to his academic colleagues, his former coworkers in industry for a deep and continuing
education into the subject matter.
We are also grateful for the assistance given by Esther Oostdyk, who entered the
manuscript; by Lanny Partaatmadja, who entered material for the “Instructor Re-
sources”; and by Mark Eichhorn, Nick Palozzi, Chris Ho, Winnie Chiu and Lanny
Partaatmadja, who worked on graphics and on problems for the various chapters. We
also thank Nigel Waithe, who produced copies of draft material for the students. We
thank our students for their forbearance and comments, both written and oral, during
the development of this book.
The development of the computer tools and their integration with the subject matter
required strong support from Wayne Anderson and the late Cliff Robichaud at Wiley,
and Philippe Marchal and his staff at Intellipro. Their assistance is gratefully acknowl-
edged. We also thank the staff at Wiley and Larry Meyer and his staff at Hermitage
Publishing Services for their fine work during the production phase.
Support for the development of the manuscript has been provided by the Department
of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, the Faculty of Applied Science and
Engineering, and the Office of the Provost, University of Toronto.

Ronald W. Missen
Charles A. Mims
Bradley A. Saville
Toronto, Ontario. May, 1998