A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. Increases Linearly
Related Mcqs:
- If the solubilities of different components (in a liquid-liquid extraction system) increase with rise in temperature, then the temperature above which they dissolve completely is known as the critical solution temperature (CST or consolute temperature). If solubilities increase with decrease in temperature, then CST is the temperature below which they dissolve completely. If a binary system has no critical solution temperature, it implies that___________________?
A. The system comprises of partially miscible liquids
B. The system comprises of miscible liquids
C. The system comprises of an azeotrope
D. On heating, a vapor phase will appear; while on cooling, a solid phase will appear - Compound A is extracted from a solution of A + B into a pure solvent S. A Co-current unit is used for the liquid-liquid extraction. The inlet rate of the solution containing A is 200 moles of B/hr.m2 and the solvent flow, rate is 400 moles of S/m2. hr. The equilibrium data is represented by Y = 3X2 , where Y is in moles of a A/moles of B and X is in moles A/moles of S. The maximum percentage extraction achieved in the unit is_________________________?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 90% - In a liquid-liquid extraction, 10 kg of a solution containing 2 kg of solute C and 8 kg of solvent A is brought into contact with 10 kg of solvent B. Solvent A and B are completely immiscible in each other whereas solute C is soluble in both the solvents. The extraction process attains equilibrium. The equilibrium relationship between the two phases is Y* = 0.9X, where Y* is the kg of C/kg of B and X is kg of C/kg of A. Choose the correct answer?
A. The entire amount of C is transferred to solvent B
B. Less than 2 kg but more than 1 kg of C is transferred to solvent B
C. Less than 1 kg of C is transferred to B
D. No amount of C is transferred to B - Solvent extraction is the terminology applied to the liquid-liquid extraction, which is preferred for the separation of the components of liquids, when____________________?
A. Extracting solvent is cheaply & abundantly available
B. One of the liquid components is heat sensitive
C. Viscosity of liquid components is very high
D. One of the liquid components has very high affinity towards the solvent - The rate of solid-liquid extraction is limited by the_________________?
A. Phase change of the solute as it dissolves in the solvent
B. Diffusion of the solute through the solvent in the pores to the outside of the particle
C. Diffusion of the solute from the solution in contact with the particle to the main bulk of the
solution
D. All A , B. & C. - The ‘shanks system’ of leaching (i.e., counter-current multiple contact leaching) is used for____________________?
A. Recovery of tannis from the tree barks and woods
B. Leaching sodium nitrate from Chilean nitrate bearing rock
C. Both A. and B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - With increase in temperature, the leaching rate increases due to__________________?
A. Decreased liquid viscosity
B. Increased diffusivity
C. Both A. and B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - With increase in temperature, the leaching rate increases because of the _____________________?
A. Increased diffusivity
B. Decreased viscosity of liquid
C. Both A. and B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - With increase in temperature, the rate of leaching increases, because the___________________?
A. Diffusivity of solute increases
B. Viscosity of solvent decreases
C. Thermal conductivity of solute increases
D. None of these - A solid is being dried in the linear drying rate regime from moisture content Xo to XF. The drying rate is zero at X = 0 and the critical moisture content is the same as the initial moisture Xo. The drying time for M = (Ls/ARc) is (where, L = total mass of dry solid, A = total surface area for drying Rc = Constant maximum drying rate per unit area X = moisture content (in mass of water/mass of dry solids)) ?
A. M(Xo – XF)
B. M(Xo/XF)
C. M ln(Xo/XF)
D. MXo ln(Xo/XF)
