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  1. McCabe-Thiele method

  2. A.
    uses molal units for material and energy balance.
    B.
    uses weight fractions to express liquid and vapour composition.
    C.
    can use any type of units.
    D.
    is more accurate than Ponchan-Savarit method.

  3. The film penetration model of mass transfer was enunciated by

  4. A.
    Gilliland
    B.
    Toor and Marchello
    C.
    Stefan
    D.
    Fick

  5. The most economical range of absorption factor is

  6. A.
    0 to 0.5
    B.
    0 to 3
    C.
    1.25 to 2
    D.
    5 to 15

  7. Channelling is most severe

  8. A.
    in towers packed with stacked packing.
    B.
    in towers packed randomly with crushed solids.
    C.
    in dumped packing of regular units.
    D.
    at very high liquid flow rate.

  9. Out of two equilibrium curves, first one lies above the diagonal and the second lies below the diagonal in the x-y plot. It means that separation by distillation is

  10. A.
    not possible in the second case unless vacuum is applied.
    B.
    not possible in the second case unless high pressure is applied.
    C.
    more readily done in the second case compared to first one.
    D.
    none of these

  11. 'ADDUCTS' and 'CLATHRATES' are used in case of

  12. A.
    extractive distillation.
    B.
    crystallisation.
    C.
    absorption.
    D.
    none of these.

  13. Adsorption is an unit operation which generally involves __________ systems.

  14. A.
    liquid-solid
    B.
    gas-solid
    C.
    fluid-solid
    D.
    solid-solid

  15. In case of __________ distillation, a solvent is added to alter the relative volatility of the mixture to be separated.

  16. A.
    molecular
    B.
    azeotropic
    C.
    extractive
    D.
    flash.

  17. Separation of the isotopes of helium for scientific investigations is done by

  18. A.
    reverse osmosis
    B.
    thermal diffusion
    C.
    leaching
    D.
    solvent extraction