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The book surveys the selection, design, and operation of most of the industrially important separation processes. It discusses the underlying principles on which the processes are based, and provides illustrative examples of the use of the processes in a modern context. The text features thorough treatment of newer separation processes based on membranes, adsorption, chromatography, ion exchange, and chemical complexation. It also includes a review of historically important separation processes such as distillation, absorption, extraction, leaching, and crystallization and considers these techniques in light of recent developments affecting them. Table of Contents Part I: General Principles Phase Equilibria Mass Transfer Principles Phase Segregation General Processing Considerations Part II: Individual Separation Processes Distillation Absorption and Stripping Extraction--Organic Chemicals Processing Extraction--Metals Processing Leaching--Metals Applications Leaching--Organic Materials Crystallization Operations Adsorption Ion Exchange Large-Scale Chromatography Separation Processes Based on Reversible Chemical Complexation Bubble and Foam Separations--Ore Flotation Bubble and Foam Separations--Waste Treatment Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis Recent Advances in Liquid Membrane Technology Separation of Gaseous Mixtures Using Polymer Membranes Membrane Processes--Dialysis and Electrodialysis Selection of a Separation Process Index