Talk:Fenske equation
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[edit] Expansion and copy editing of this article
I have just finished an extensive expansion and copy editing of this article as follows:
- I retained the original equations although I changed some of the notation to more common chemical engineering usage.
- I moved one of the forms of the Fenske equation to a separate section since it is a form which was derived for use in gas chromatography and is not the original form derived by Fenske in 1932.
- I discussed the fact that the Fenske equation yields the minimum number of theoretical plates required to separate a binary feed by distillation when the distillation is performed at total reflux.
- I added a diagram of a fractionating column operating at total reflux to illustrate what that means.
- I added a mention that the reboiler is one of the theoretical plates.
- I added a mention and citation to the fact that the Fenske equation can be modified to also handle multi-component feeds.
- I have added documenting reference citations, using the <ref>, </ref>, <references/> method.
- I added some external links to replace those which were used as documenting reference citations.
- I did quite a bit of Wikifying and copy editing.
I think the article is now fairly complete ... although I am sure others will add some edits. - mbeychok 00:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
