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NCEES PE Chemical Engineering Exam
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Balance and Thermo CoreYou are here
Anchor mass/energy balances and thermodynamic property/equilibrium workflows.
Transport and Separations
Drill heat/mass transfer and separation unit operation problems.
Reactions and Materials
Refine kinetics/reactor methods and material property interpretation.
Design-Economics + Timed Practice
Finish with design/economics and full timed CBT simulations.
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200 Practice Questions
Coverage across all seven NCEES PE Chemical knowledge areas.
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What You'll Study
21 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Introduction & Exam Overview
2 sections
Chapter 1: Material Balances & Flowsheet Calculations
3 sections
Chapter 2: Energy Balances & Thermochemistry
3 sections
Chapter 3: Fluid Statics & Incompressible Pipe Flow
4 sections
Chapter 4: Advanced Fluid Dynamics & Compressible Flow
4 sections
Chapter 5: Thermodynamic Laws & Fundamental Relations
3 sections
Chapter 6: Real Gases & Equations of State
3 sections
Chapter 7: Phase & Chemical Reaction Equilibria
3 sections
Chapter 8: Heat Transfer Mechanisms & Conduction
3 sections
Chapter 9: Heat Exchanger Design & Phase Change
3 sections
Chapter 10: Mass Transfer Fundamentals & Diffusion
3 sections
Chapter 11: Distillation Operations
4 sections
Chapter 12: Rate-Controlled & Equilibrium Separations
4 sections
Chapter 13: Chemical Kinetics & Ideal Isothermal Reactors
4 sections
Chapter 14: Non-Ideal Flow, Non-Isothermal Reactors & Catalysis
3 sections
Chapter 15: Physical & Transport Properties of Fluids
3 sections
Chapter 16: Materials of Construction & Corrosion
2 sections
Chapter 17: Process Safety & Pressure Relief Systems
4 sections
Chapter 18: Process Control & Engineering Economics
4 sections
Chapter 19: Process Design, Equipment Selection & Environmental Compliance
3 sections
Chapter 20: Plant Operation, Reliability & Continuous Improvement
3 sections
PE Chemical Exam Details
NCEES PE Chemical Engineering Exam
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Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official NCEES content outline
Steady/unsteady balances, recycle/bypass systems, and process-flow accounting.
Phase/chemical equilibria, equations of state, and thermodynamic property relations.
Conduction, convection, radiation, and heat-exchanger analysis methods.
Distillation, absorption, extraction, diffusion, and stage/equilibrium operations.
Kinetics, reactor models, conversion/selectivity, and catalytic systems.
Physical/transport/thermal properties and interpretation of material behavior.
Process safety/design decisions plus engineering economics and optimization tradeoffs.
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