TODO why can't we produce organic compounds more cheaply by total synthesis than biosynthesis?
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Computer Aided Simulation & Design in Chemical Engineering by Chemical Engineering Guy (2016)
Source. Interesting overview of the different types of modelling software used in chemical process design.
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How to Design a Total Synthesis by Mike Christiansen (2013)
Source. Just a ultra quick hello world with some very basic ideas, but worth watching.
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SuperPro Designer: Fermentation Simulation by LearnChemE (2012)
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Process Simulation Software FREE Download - Aspen Hysys versus DWSim | COCO by Jeferson Costa (2020)
Source. Jeferson, a Brazilian from Petrobras, is the creator of the open source DWSim software, and in this video he gives a quick demo of his software and compares it briefly to aspen HYSYS, which appears to be the golden paid reference implementation.
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Aspen Hysys Introduction by Emmanuel Oloyede (2016)
Source. Holy crap, the UI is identical to Microsoft Word with that huge top bar!!!
First, experiments, please how do you determine it and how it helps predict the future: chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/42066/is-there-a-way-to-experimentally-measure-entropy
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Chemical reaction by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-14
A chemical reaction interconverts chemical species, as defined by the [ref]. The consumed species are reactants; the formed species are reaction products. In ordinary chemical reactions, chemical atoms are rearranged while each chemical element's total atom count is conserved. For a complete chemical equation, net electric charge is conserved too.
For example, the balanced chemical equation
describes conversion of molecular hydrogen and molecular oxygen into water. Both sides contain four hydrogen chemical atoms and two oxygen chemical atoms. Three reactant molecules become two reaction product molecules: atom counts are conserved, but molecule counts need not be. See Flowers et al., Chemistry 2e, balancing chemical equations.
The coefficients describe net consumption and formation, without asserting that three molecules collide in one step. A balanced chemical equation supplies quantitative constraints; it does not determine how quickly the chemical reaction occurs, or whether chemical equilibrium prevents complete conversion. Those questions need further information. Keeping these roles distinct makes stoichiometry useful even when the microscopic details are complicated.