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Reactors deal with several aspects of chemical engineering. A chemical reactor where many of the chemical processes occur.

The three most important factors to consider in a chemical reactor are:

  • mass transfer
  • heat transfer
  • chemical kinetics

All three factors are important and interrelated. It is the job of a chemical engineer to ensure that a reaction proceeds with the highest efficiency, producing the purest product using the least possible amount of energy.

See also: nuclear reactor


Reactor (game) was an arcade game, also released for the Atari 2600; and produced by Gottlieb.

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