In the case described in Section 25.1.2, Jay has written the report to suit the boss, and the company has gone ahead with an ambitious commercialization program for Catalyst A. Jay has been put in charge of the pilot plant where development work is being done on the project. To allay personal doubts, Jay runs some clandestine tests on the two catalysts. To Jay’s astonishment and dismay, the tests determine that even though Catalyst A works better under most conditions (as everyone had expected), at the operating conditions specified in the firm’s process design, Catalyst B is indeed considerably superior. What should Jay do?

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25.1.2 Rehearsal When learning any new skill, one usually practices or rehearses. To learn to apply the ideal gas law in process calculations, end- of-chapter problems in thermodynamics are completed. Understanding the theory behind the ideal gas law is no guarantee of the ability to solve applied problems. Some people can and some people cannot. But few would argue that a problem can be solved as quickly, as easily, or as correctly the first time as the nth time it is solved. Such is the power of rehearsal. Rehearsal becomes more important when decisions must be