The theoretical minimum work required to separate one mole of a liquid mixture at 1 atm, containing 50 mole % each of n- heptane and n- octane into pure compounds each at 1 atm is__________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. A butane isomerisation process produces 70 k.mole/hr of pure iso-butane. A purge stream removed continuously, contains 85% n-butane and 15% impurity (mole%). The feed stream is n-butane containing 1% impurity (mole%). The flow rate of the purge stream will be_________________?

   A. 3 kmole/hr
   B. 4 kmole/hr
   C. 5 kmole/hr
   D. 6 kmole/hr

2. “The fugacity of a gas in a mixture is equal to the product of its mole fraction and its fugacity in the pure state at the total pressure of the mixture”. This is__________________?

   A. The statement as per Gibbs-Helmholtz
   B. Called Lewis-Randall rule
   C. Henry’s law
   D. None of these

3. A rigid vessel containing three moles of nitrogen gas at 30°C is heated to 250°C. Assume the average capacities of nitrogen to be Cp = 29.1 J/mole.°C and, Cv = 20.8 J/mole.°C. The heat required, neglecting the heat capacity of the vessel, is__________________?

   A. 13728 J
   B. 19206 J
   C. 4576 J
   D. 12712 J

4. Consider the equilibrium A(g) + B(g) = AB(g). When the partial pressure of A is 10-2 atm, the partial pressure of B is 10-3 atm and the partial pressure of AB is 1 atm, the equilibrium constant ‘K’ is____________________?

   A. 10 atm-1
   B. 105 atm-1
   C. 10 (dimensionless)
   D. 105 (dimensionless)

5. The accumulation in a steady state combustion process, burning 1 kg mole of carbon with 1 kg mole of oxygen thereby producing 1 kg mole of carbon dioxide, is _____________ kg mole?

   A. 1
   B. 0
   C. 16
   D. 44

6. Saturated solution of benzene in water is in equilibrium with a mixture of air and vapours of benzene and water at room temperature and pressure. Mole fraction of benzene in liquid is xB and the vapour pressures of benzene and water at these conditions are pv B and pv w respectively. The partial pressure of benzene in air-vapour mixture is_________________?

   A. PvB
   B. xB.PvB
   C. (Patm – Pvw)xB
   D. xB.Patm

7. The combustion equations of carbon and carbon monoxide are as follows: C + O2 = CO2, ΔH = – 394 kJ/kg .mole CO + ½ O2 = CO2, ΔH = – 284.5 kJ/kg. mole. The heat of formation of CO is _____________ kJ/kg. mole?

   A. -109.5
   B. +109.5
   C. +180
   D. +100

8. A very dilute solution is prepared by dissolving ‘x1’ mole of solute in ‘x2’ mole of a solvent. The mole fraction of solute is approximately equal to_________________?

   A. x1/x2
   B. x2/x1
   C. 1 – (x1/x2)
   D. 1/x2

9. A fluid gas produced on burning furnace oil contains 0.15 gm mole of CO2, 0.05 gm mole of oxygen and 0.80 gm mole of N2. What is its molecular weight ?

   A. 28.6
   B. 30.0
   C. 30.6
   D. 32.6

10. “The equilibrium value of the mole fraction of the gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas above the liquid surface”. This statement pertaining to the solubility of gases in liquid is the ______________ law?

    A. Raoult’s
    B. Henry’s
    C. Amagat’s
    D. None of these