FE Chemical study guide
FE Chemical · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is the first step toward becoming a licensed professional engineer (P.E.). It is designed for recent graduates and students close to finishing an undergraduate engineering degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited program, and it is administered year-round as a computer-based exam at NCEES-approved Pearson test centers. This page covers the FE Chemical discipline. The exam contains 110 questions. The appointment runs 6 hours: a 2-minute nondisclosure agreement, an 8-minute tutorial, the exam itself at 5 hours and 20 minutes, and a scheduled 25-minute break. A $225 exam fee is payable directly to NCEES. Topics on this exam: Chemical Engineering. The FE Chemical study guide has 1 section and about 504 words.
01Chemical Engineering
The Chemical Engineering domain of the FE Chemical exam tests integrated use of balances, thermodynamics, transport, reaction engineering, control, safety, and economics in short self-contained problems. Marks usually turn on a clear basis, consistent units, and the correct limiting assumption. Select a basis (1 h, 100 mol feed, or 1 kg) and state steady state. Write total and component balances; inert components pass through unless purged.
504 words, about 3 minMore study resources for FE Chemical
- Practice questionsA binary liquid mixture of components A and B is in vapor-liquid equilibrium at 1 atm.
- FlashcardsConversion in a reactor. Fraction of the limiting reactant fed that has reacted.
- Cheat sheetMaterial balance on a steady-state nonreacting system: Σ(mass in) = Σ(mass out); for a reacting system add generation minus consumption, and for each element the total atoms in equal total atoms out.
- Key termsMaterial balance. An accounting of the mass entering, leaving, accumulating in, or being generated within a system, written so that total mass in equals total mass out plus accumulation.
- Study planBuild a one-page formula sheet covering material balances, recycle/bypass/purge, and stoichiometry, then rewrite it from memory at the end of the week.
- Common mistakesMost FE Chemical study material is written in SI, but a large share of exam problems are stated in US customary units, and candidates who drill only SI problems have no fluent conversion reflexes, so each conversion becomes a fresh, error-prone derivation.
- Exam-day guideBring the unexpired ID required by your testing provider; name on the ID must match your registration exactly.