Chapter 2: Conversion and Reactor Sizing

Critical Thinking Question

The following are BAD examples of Critical Thinking Questions.

1. What specifically is the product?
   While this question could be a CTQ from the clarification category, it is not a good critical thinking question because it is superficial and the information is about the product and is not relevant to solving for the conversion and reactor volumes as well as critiquing the answers.
   
   
2. Is the reactor really tubular or does it have some bulges in it?
   This is not a good critical thinking question because we know in Chapter 1 that even if the reactor varies in cross sectional area the conversion-volume relationship is the same.
   
   
3. Other no so good critical thinking questions
   Will this be on the exam?
   What's the correct answers?
   Why is there a "2" in this equation?
   What are the units of this symbol?
   While the last two questions are not CTQs, they may be valid questions.

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