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251.

Molality is defined as the number of gm moles of solute per _________________ of solvent ?

A. Litre
B. gm
C. Kg
D. m3
Answer» D. m3
252.

Moisture in a substance exerting an equilibrium vapour pressure less than that of pure liquid at the same temperature is called the _______________ moisture?

A. Bound
B. Unbound
C. Critical
D. None of these
Answer» B. Unbound
253.

Moisture in a solid exerting an equilibrium vapour pressure equal to that of the pure liquid at the same temperature is called the ___________________ moisture ?

A. Unbound
B. Critical
C. Free
D. Bound
Answer» B. Critical
254.

Moisture content of a substance when at equilibrium with a given partial pressure of the vapour is called the _______________ moisture?

A. Free
B. Unbound
C. Equilibrium
D. Bound
Answer» D. Bound
255.

Moisture contained by a substance in excess of the equilibrium moisture is called the _______________ moisture?

A. Unbound
B. Free
C. Critical
D. Bound
Answer» C. Critical
256.

Minimum reflux ratio in a distillation column results in__________________?

A. Optimum number of trays
B. Minimum reboiler size
C. Maximum condenser size
D. Minimum number of trays
Answer» D. Minimum number of trays
257.

Minimum reflux ratio in a distillation column results in_____________________?

A. Optimum number of trays
B. Minimum reboiler size
C. Maximum condenser size
D. Minimum number of trays
Answer» D. Minimum number of trays
258.

Minimum possible diameter of a packed column is decided mainly by the________________________?

A. Flooding
B. Gas viscosity
C. Liquid density
D. Liquid hold up
Answer» B. Gas viscosity
259.

Milk is dried usually in a __________________ dryer?

A. Freeze
B. Spray
C. Tray
D. Rotary
Answer» C. Tray
260.

Mechanism of moisture removal in case of freeze drying of food stuff is by ___________________?

A. Evaporation
B. Sublimation
C. Dehydration
D. Adsorption
Answer» C. Dehydration
261.

Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is achieved easily & accurately in case of a _______________ column?

A. Spray
B. Packed
C. Bubble cap plate
D. Wetted wall
Answer» E.
262.

Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is achieved easily & accurately in case of a ________________ column?

A. Spray
B. Packed
C. Bubble cap plate
D. Wetted wall
Answer» E.
263.

McCabe-Thiele method________________?

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 Ponchon-Savarit method
Answer» B. Uses weight fractions to express liquid and vapour composition
264.

McCabe-Thiele method of binary distillation does not assume that the__________________?

A. Sensible heat changes are negligible compared with latent heat changes
B. Molar latent heats of all components are equal
C. Heat of mixing is negligible
D. None of these
Answer» E.
265.

Mass transfer rate between two fluid phases does not necessarily depend on the ______________ of the two phases?

A. Chemical properties
B. Physical properties
C. Degree of turbulence
D. Interfacial area
Answer» B. Physical properties
266.

Mass transfer co-efficient varies as DAB 0.5, according to the _______________ theory?

A. Film
B. Surface renewal
C. Penetration
D. None of these
Answer» C. Penetration
267.

Mass transfer co-efficient of liquid is____________________?

A. Affected more by temperature than that for gases
B. Affected much less by temperature than that for gases
C. Not affected by the temperature
D. None of these
Answer» B. Affected much less by temperature than that for gases
268.

Mass transfer co-efficient (K) and diffusivity D. are related according to film theory as______________________?

A. K ∝ D
B. K ∝√D
C. K ∝ D1.5
D. K ∝ D2
Answer» B. K ∝√D
269.

Mass transfer co-efficient ‘K’ according to penetration theory varies with mass diffusivity as____________________?

A. D0.5
B. D
C. 1/D
D. D1.5
Answer» B. D
270.

Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB according to the _____________ theory?

A. Film
B. Penetration
C. Surface-renewal
D. None of these
Answer» B. Penetration
271.

Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB according to the __________ theory?

A. Film
B. Penetration
C. Surface-renewal
D. None of these
Answer» B. Penetration
272.

Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB 0.5, according to ________________ theory ?

A. Penetration
B. Surface renewal
C. Film
D. None of these
Answer» B. Surface renewal
273.

Mass transfer co-efficient is defined as__________________?

A. Flux = Co-efficient/concentration difference
B. Co-efficient = Flux/concentration difference
C. Flux=concentration difference/coefficient
D. None of these
Answer» C. Flux=concentration difference/coefficient
274.

Make up water is supplied during cooling tower operation to compensate for water losses due to______________________?

A. Evaporation
B. Blowdown
C. Entrainment
D. All A., B. & C.
Answer» E.
275.

Make up water is required in a cooling tower to replace the water lost by___________________?

A. Evaporation
B. Drift
C. Blowdown and leakage
D. All A., B. and C.
Answer» E.
276.

Low viscosity absorbent is preferred for reasons of ____________________?

A. Rapid absorption rates and good heat transfer characteristics
B. Improved flooding characteristics
C. Low pressure drop on pumping
D. All A., B. and C.
Answer» E.
277.

Liquid diffusivity is of the order of _______________ cm2 /second?

A. 0.01
B. 0.1
C. 10-5 to 10-6
D. > 1
Answer» D. > 1
278.

Lewis number, which is important in problems involving simultaneous heat and mass transfer, is the ratio of__________________?

A. Mass diffusivity to momentum diffusivity
B. Thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity
C. Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity
D. None of these
Answer» C. Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity
279.

Lewis number (Le) is____________________?

A. Sc × Pr
B. Pr × St
C. Sh × Pr
D. St × Sh
Answer» B. Pr × St
280.

Lewis number (Le) is___________________?

A. Sc × Pr
B. Pr × St
C. Sh × Pr
D. St × Sh
Answer» B. Pr × St
281.

Leaching of uranium ore and gold ore is done in________________________?

A. Centrifugal extractor
B. Pachuca tanks
C. Bollman extractor
D. None of these
Answer» C. Bollman extractor
282.

Leaching rate is independent of the________________?

A. Agitation
B. Temperature
C. Particle size
D. None of these
Answer» E.
283.

Leaching of uranium ore and gold ore is done in_____________________?

A. Centrifugal extractor
B. Pachuca tanks
C. Bollman extractor
D. None of these
Answer» C. Bollman extractor
284.

Leaching of sugar from sugar beets is done by___________________?

A. Hot water
B. Hexane
C. Dilute H2SO4
D. Lime water
Answer» B. Hexane
285.

Leaching of coffee from coffee beans is done by___________________?

A. Hot water
B. Hexane
C. Lime water
D. Dilute H2SO4 (hot)
Answer» B. Hexane
286.

Leaching of coarse solid lumps is also termed as _____________________?

A. Decoction
B. Dissolution
C. Percolation
D. Agitation and settling
Answer» D. Agitation and settling
287.

Large scale usage of flash distillation is practised in __________________?

A. Soap manufacturing
B. Ammonia synthesis plant
C. Polymerisation industry
D. Petroleum refining
Answer» E.
288.

Large scale drying of wheat is done in a ________________ dryer?

A. Fluidised bed
B. Spouted bed
C. Tray
D. Vacuum rotary
Answer» C. Tray
289.

Large scale drying of sugar is done in a _______________ dryer?

A. Spouted bed
B. Tray
C. Rotary
D. Truck
Answer» D. Truck
290.

Large quantity of silica gel is normally dried in a _________________ dryer?

A. Freeze
B. Through circulation
C. Rotary vacuum
D. Tray
Answer» C. Rotary vacuum
291.

Langmuir equation is associated with________________________?

A. Leaching
B. Adsorption
C. Steam distillation
D. Multi-component absorption
Answer» C. Steam distillation
292.

Laboratory determination of the diffusivity of vapor is done by __________________ method?

A. Wetted wall column
B. Gilliland’s
C. Winkelmann’s
D. Wike’s
Answer» D. Wike’s
293.

Laboratory determination of the diffusivity of vapor is done by ______________ method?

A. Wetted wall column
B. Gilliland’s
C. Winkelmann’s
D. Wike’s
Answer» D. Wike’s
294.

JD factor for mass transfer is a function of Reynolds number. Mass transfer by molecular diffusion from a single drop to surrounding still air is given by___________________?

A. Nsh = 2
B. Nst = 2
C. Nsc = 2
D. None of these
Answer» B. Nst = 2
295.

It takes 6 hours to dry a wet solid from 50% moisture content to the critical moisture content of 15%. How much longer it will take to dry the solid to 10% moisture content, under the same drying conditions? (The equilibrium moisture content of the solid is 5%) ?

A. 15 min
B. 51 min
C. 71 min
D. 94 min
Answer» D. 94 min
296.

_____________ is used as an ‘entrainer’ for the separation of acetic acid-water mixture by distillation?

A. Furfural
B. Benzol
C. Butyl acetate
D. Hexane
Answer» D. Hexane
297.

_____________ is the temperature at which a gas-vapor mixture becomes saturated, when cooled at constant total pressure out of contact with a liquid ?

A. Dew point
B. Bubble point
C. Dry bulb temperature
D. Wet bulb temperature
Answer» B. Bubble point
298.

_________________ is the separation technique used for desalination of sea water ?

A. Thermal diffusion
B. Reverse osmosis
C. Adsorption
D. Absorption
Answer» C. Adsorption
299.

__________________ is concerned with the adsorption equilibria?

A. Fick’s law
B. Gibb’s equation
C. Freundlich equation
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
300.

Ion exchange process is similar to___________________?

A. Absorption
B. Adsorption
C. Extraction
D. Leaching
Answer» C. Extraction