chapter 1. Thermodynamics and phase equilibria -- chapter 2. The equilibrium stage -- chapter 3. Fundamentals of multistage separation -- chapter 4. Material balances in multi-component separation -- chapter 5. Binary distillation : principles -- chapter 6. Binary distillation : applications -- chapter 7. Multi-component separation : conventional distillation -- chapter 8. Absorption and stripping -- chapter 9. Complex distillation and multiple column processes -- chapter 10. Special distillation processes -- chapter 11. Liquid-liquid extraction and supercritical extraction -- chapter 12. Shortcut methods -- chapter 13. Rigorous equilibrium methods -- chapter 14. Tray hydraulics, rate-based analysis, tray efficiency -- chapter 15. Packed columns -- chapter 16. Control and optimization of separation processes -- chapter 17. Batch distillation -- chapter 18. Membrane separation operations -- chapter 19. Fluid-solid operations.