A. Higher molecular weight is adsorbed in preference to a gas of low molecular weight
B. High critical temperature is adsorbed in preference to a gas of low critical temperature
C. Low volatility is adsorbed in preference to a gas of high volatility
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- Though, theoretically the adsorption & desorption isotherms is expected to coincide but sometimes at least a part of the isotherms does not coincide and this phenomenon is known as adsorption hysteresis. In such cases, the desorption equilibrium pressure is ______________ that obtained for adsorption?
A. Lower than
B. Higher than
C. Same as
D. Either same or higher than - In case of physical adsorption, the difference between heat of adsorption and heat of normal condensation is_________________?
A. Equal to the heat of formation of surface compound
B. Equal to the heat of wetting
C. Zero
D. Called integral heat of adsorption - In case of physical adsorption, the difference between heat of adsorption and heat of normal condensation is__________________?
A. Equal to the heat of formation of surface compound
B. Equal to the heat of wetting
C. Zero
D. Called integral heat of adsorption - When adsorption hysteresis is observed, the desorption equilibrium pressure is _________________ that obtained by adsorption?
A. Always lower than
B. Always higher than
C. Same as
D. Dependent on the system; can be either lower or higher than - Adsorption is a unit operation which generally involves _______________ systems?
A. Liquid-solid
B. Gas-solid
C. Fluid-solid
D. Solid-solid - Pick out the wrong statement?
A. The binary diffusivity in liquids is of the order of 10-5 cm2/sec
B. Molecular diffusion in solid is much faster than that in liquids
C. Particles movement from higher concentration to lower concentration takes place in diffusion
process
D. According to Poiseuille’s law, the permeability decreases with increase in temperature for
flow of a gas through a given capillary - Pick out the wrong statement. Raoult’s law does not apply, when the______________________?
A. Size of component molecules are not equal
B. Attractive forces between like and unlike molecules in the solution are approximately equal
C. Component molecules are non-polar
D. Chemical combination or molecular association between unlike molecules takes place in the
formation of solution - Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the rotary dryer ?
A. Flights (located in the inside shell of rotary dryer) lift the material being dried and shower it
down through the current of hot air/gases. It extends from the wall to a distance which is about
8-12% of the inside diameter of shell
B. Hold up of a rotary drier is defined as the fraction of the dryer volume occupied by the solid at
any instant. The best performance for rotary drier is obtained, when the hold up is in the range
of 0.05 to 0.15
C. Rotary dryer is suitable for drying sticky material
D. Recommended peripheral speed of a rotary drier is in the range of 10 to 30 metres/minute - Pick out the wrong statement?
A. In the McCabe-Thiele diagram for binary distillation, vertical feed line represents saturated
liquid feed and horizontal feed line represents saturated vapour feed
B. In small columns, local efficiency is larger than Murphree efficiency; in large columns local
efficiency is smaller than Murphree efficiency
C. For Laminar flow over a plate of length L, the local mass transfer co-efficient at a distance L
from the leading edge is 1.5 × 10-2m/s. Then the average mass transfer co-efficient for the
plate is 2 × 10-2m/s
D. The concentration and hydrodynamic boundary layers over a flat plate are of equal thickness,
if Schmidt number is equal to unity - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. The mole fraction of solute is directly proportional to the molality of a ‘dilute’ solution
B. For a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases, the partial pressure distribution of both
components is nonlinear in the case of steady state unimolal unidirectional diffusion
C. Azeotropes obey Raoult’s law at all temperature
D. The relative volatility of a binary mixture at the Azeotropic composition is 1
