Chemical engineering Memes

The meme perfectly captures that chemical engineering student who learned the ideal gas law (PV=nRT) and now thinks it's the universal solution to every thermodynamic problem. Spoiler alert: using ideal gas equations near critical pressure is like trying to predict weather with a Magic 8-Ball. The ideal gas law assumes gases behave... well, ideally—which they absolutely don't at extreme conditions where molecules start getting clingy with each other. The dog's disappointed expression in the final panel is basically every professor watching students apply oversimplified models to complex systems. It's the thermodynamic equivalent of bringing a plastic spoon to dig the Suez Canal.

The ultimate taboo questions chart! Women hide their age, men hide their salary, but chemical engineers? They break into cold sweats when asked about fugacity. For the uninitiated, fugacity is that nightmare thermodynamic property in physical chemistry that makes students question their life choices. It's like pressure... but with extra mathematical torture sprinkled on top. Chemistry students worldwide have collective PTSD from trying to calculate it during exams while their professors smiled sadistically in the corner.

When your entropy approaches zero, so does your sex life. Chemical engineers understand that disorder is essential for interesting reactions. Statistically speaking, a perfectly ordered system leaves no room for... spontaneity.

The eternal divide between chemical engineers and synthetic chemists in one perfect meme. Engineers just want the practical yield and industrial application, while chemists are over there naming reactions after dead Germans and talking about "elegant mechanisms" like they're describing ballet. The engineer's face says it all: "Sure, buddy, tell me more about your palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling while I figure out how to scale this up 10,000x without bankrupting the company." Classic academic vs. industrial chemistry tension that's been playing out in labs since Bunsen first lit his burner.