The exit age distribution of fluid leaving a vessel is used to know the
(A) Activation energies of a reaction
(B) Reaction mechanism
(C) Extent of non-ideal flow in the vessel
(D) None of these

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(C) Extent of non-ideal flow in the vessel

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