A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain same
D. May increase or decrease; depends on system
Related Mcqs:
- The equilibrium liquid composition compared to the vapor composition in case of________________?
Azeotropic mixture is
A. More
B. Less
C. Same
D. Either more or less; depends on the system - Relative volatility varies with the concentration of component for an ideal solution. The relative volatility of a binary mixture may be defined as the ratio of vapor pressure of component ‘A’ to that of component ‘B’, when_________________?
A. Only vapor phase follows Raoult’s law
B. Only liquid phase obeys Dalton’s law
C. Liquid phase obeys Dalton’s law and vapor phase obeys Raoult’s law
D. Vapor phase obeys Dalton’s law and liquid phase obeys Raoult’s law - One mole feed of a binary mixture of a given composition is flash vaporised at a fixed P and T. If Raoult’s law is obeyed, then changing the feed composition would effect ?
A. The product composition but not the fraction vaporised
B. The product composition as well as the fraction vaporised
C. The fraction vaporised but not the product composition
D. Neither the product composition nor the fraction vaporised - In the constant rate period of the rate of drying curve for batch drying,_________________?
A. Cracks develop on the surface of the solid
B. Rate of drying decreases abruptly
C. Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs
D. None of these - For a fixed number of ideal stages in a distillation column, as the reflux ratio is increased, the difference in composition between the top and bottom product streams__________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. Passes through a maximum - An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High pressure steam is available as a source of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two options are being explored; (i) a reboiler is used and (ii) no reboiler is used but steam is fed directly to the bottom of the column. As compared to option (i), in option (ii) ____________________?
A. Less number of trays are required
B. Composition of the residue remains unchanged
C. More number of trays are required but the residue composition remains unchanged
D. More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methanol - If xD = overhead product molal composition and RD = reflux ratio, then slope and intercept of the operating line for rectifying section are respectively ?
A. [xD/(RD + 1)], [RD/(RD + 1)]
B. [RD/(RD + 1)], [xD/(xD + 1)]
C. [xD/(RD + 1)], [(RD + 1)/RD]
D. None of these - Polar organic compounds are normally used as separating agents for the azeotropic and extractive distillation. Which of the following is the most important factor to be considered for the choice of the separating agent for extractive distillation ?
A. Cost
B. Availability
C. Toxicity
D. Selectivity - The reflux to a distillation column is 100 moles/hr, when the overhead product rate is 50 moles/hr. The reflux ratio is____________________?
A. 2
B. 0.5
C. 50
D. 150 - In distillation, overhead product contains ______________________?
A. Only one component
B. Two components
C. Any number of components
D. Only saturated liquid
