When the mixture to be distilled has a very high boiling point and the
product material is heat sensitive, the separation technique to be used is
__________ distillation.
(A) Continuous
(B) Steam
(C) Azeotropic
(D) None of these
Description : Steam distillation is not recommended to be used, if the (A) Azeotropic mixture is to be separated and the final product is miscible with water (B) Liquids decompose, if ... unstable or has the tendency to react with other components associated with it, at the boiling temperature
Last Answer : (A) Azeotropic mixture is to be separated and the final product is miscible with water
Description : Entrainer used in Azeotropic distillation should (A) Form a low boiling azeotrope with one of the constituents of the mixture (B) Form a new azeotrope of low relative volatility with one of the ... (C) Have high latent heat of vaporisation (D) Have high viscosity to provide high tray efficiency
Last Answer : (A) Form a low boiling azeotrope with one of the constituents of the mixture
Description : A liquid with high boiling point decomposes on simple distillation but it can be steam distilled for its purification .Explain how is it possible?
Last Answer : In steam distillation boiling occurs when vapour pressure of organic compound & steam becomes equal to atmospheric pressure. As vapour pressure of water is higher than the organic liquid. ... organic liquid vaporizes at a temperature below its boiling point in steam distillation without decomposing.
Description : An Azeotropic mixture is a __________ mixture. (A) Binary (B) Ternary (C) Constant boiling point (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Constant boiling point
Description : Components, having widely different boiling point in a binary mixture, can be separated using __________ distillation. (A) Molecular (B) Extractive (C) Steam (D) Simple
Last Answer : (D) Simple
Description : Alcohol is dehydrated using __________ distillation. (A) Extractive (B) Azeotropic (C) Steam (D) Molecular
Last Answer : (B) Azeotropic
Description : In case of __________ distillation, a solvent is added to alter the relative volatility of the mixture to be separated. (A) Molecular (B) Azeotropic (C) Extractive
Last Answer : (C) Extractive
Description : Steam distillation is used for separation of high boiling (A) Substances from non-volatile impurities (B) Volatile impurity from still higher boiling substances (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Dowtherm is a (A) High temperature heating medium (a petroleum product) (B) Product of coal tar distillation (C) Very heat sensitive material (D) None of these
Last Answer : Option A
Description : Crude oil is subjected to vacuum distillation in the last stage, because (A) High boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose (B) Lighter/low ... prone to thermal decomposition (C) High purity products can be obtained thereby (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) High boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose
Description : Nitrobenzene (boiling point = 210.6°C) is steam distilled at 1 atm pressure. Nitrobenzene will distil off __________ °C. (A) At < 100 (B) At > 210.6 (C) Between 100 and 210 (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) At < 100
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Constant pressure distillation cannot separate an Azeotropic mixture (B) Relative volatility of a binary mixture changes appreciably with the minor change in ... unity (D) Flash distillation is practised on wide spread scale in petroleum refinery
Last Answer : (B) Relative volatility of a binary mixture changes appreciably with the minor change in temperature
Description : Pick out the wrong statement: (A) The capacity of an evaporator is reduced by the boiling point elevation (B) Corrosive liquid is normally passed through the tubes in a ... recompression evaporator (D) Heat sensitive materials should be concentrated in high pressure evaporators
Last Answer : (D) Heat sensitive materials should be concentrated in high pressure evaporators
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Ponchan-Savarit method is more accurate than McCabe-Thiele method to determine the number of theoretical stages required for the separation of ... Flash distillation is suitable for separating components which have very close boiling temperature
Last Answer : (A) Ponchan-Savarit method is more accurate than McCabe-Thiele method to determine the number of theoretical stages required for the separation of nonideal binary system by distillation
Description : steam distillation, the (A) Temperature is 100°C(B) Temperature is more than 100° C (C) Product must be immiscible with water (D) Temperature is higher than the boiling point of either component
Last Answer : (C) Product must be immiscible with water
Description : Flash distillation is suitable for the separation of components (A) Having very close boiling points (B) Which form maximum boiling azeotrope (C) Having very wide boiling points (D) Which form minimum boiling azeotrope
Last Answer : (C) Having very wide boiling points
Description : Vacuum is generally maintained in the vapour space of an evaporator mainly to (A) Get economical temperature difference by using moderate pressure steam (B) Facilitate forward ... (C) Concentrate heat sensitive materials (D) Achieve very high concentration of the final product
Last Answer : (A) Get economical temperature difference by using moderate pressure steam
Description : __________ is used as an 'entrainer' for the separation of acetic acidwater mixture by distillation. (A) Furfural (B) Benzol (C) Butyl acetate (D) Hexane
Last Answer : (C) Butyl acetate
Description : Rayleigh's equation applies to __________ distillation. (A) Continuous (B) Steam (C) Differential (D) Flash
Last Answer : (C) Differential
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Critical moisture content is not a property of the material itself (B) A sharp increase in pressure drop gives an indication of the flooding in a ... unity (D) Dehydration of ethyl alcohol is most economically done by molecular distillation at very high vacuum
Last Answer : (D) Dehydration of ethyl alcohol is most economically done by molecular distillation at very high vacuum
Description : Solvent naphtha' used mostly as a solvent in paints and perfumery is produced by the __________ of virgin naphtha into small boiling range cuts. (A) Steam reforming (B) Distillation (C) Desulphurisation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Distillation
Description : Heat sensitive materials with very high latent heat of vaporisation may be economically separated using (A) Liquid extraction (B) Distillation (C) Evaporation (D) Absorption
Last Answer : (A) Liquid extraction
Description : Molecular distillation is (A) High temperature distillation (B) For heat-sensitive materials (C) Very low pressure distillation (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : High pressure at the bottom of a distillation tower handling heat sensitive materials results in (A) Thermal decomposition of bottoms (B) Increased relative volatility (C) Erosion of the tower (D) Very efficient operation
Last Answer : (A) Thermal decomposition of bottoms
Description : Solvent extraction is the terminology applied to the liquid-liquid extraction, which is preferred for the separation of the components of liquids, when (A) Extracting solvent is cheaply & abundantly available ... very high (D) One of the liquid components has very high affinity towards the solvent
Last Answer : (D) One of the liquid components has very high affinity towards the solvent
Description : 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 ... ? (A) Cost (B) Availability (C) Toxicity (D) Selectivity
Last Answer : (D) Selectivity
Description : Penicillin is separated from fermented broth by (A) Extraction with amyl or butyl acetate (B) Ternary Azeotropic distillation (C) Evaporator in calandria (D) Extractive distillation
Last Answer : (A) Extraction with amyl or butyl acetate
Description : Pick out the wrong statement: (A) Reboiler is not used in open steam distillation (B) The separation of solutes of different molecular sizes in a liquid solution by use of a ... is used for calculating theoretical number of plates in a distillation column at normal operating reflux condition
Last Answer : (D) Fenske-Underwood equation is used for calculating theoretical number of plates in a distillation column at normal operating reflux condition
Description : Steam distillation is used to (A) Reduce the number of plates (B) Avoid thermal decomposition of a component (C) Increase the efficiency of separation (D) Increase the total pressure of distillation
Last Answer : (B) Avoid thermal decomposition of a component
Description : Explain ,why an organic liquid vapourises at a temperature below its boiling point in steam distillation?
Last Answer : Because for boiling to occur vapour pressure of organic compound & steam should be equal to atmospheric pressure. As vapour pressure of water is higher than organic liquid. Therefore, organic liquid vaporizes at a temperature below its boiling point in steam distillation .
Description : 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 ... (D) More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methano
Last Answer : (A) Less number of trays are required
Description : The-relative volatility for separation of a non-ideal binary mixture by distillation should be (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) > 1 (D) < 1
Last Answer : (C) > 1
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Higher hold up of the solid in the rotary dryer results in better exposure of the solids to the gas (B) The 'Hatta number' is ... reflux in case of distillation operation requires infinite number of plates for a binary system separation
Last Answer : (C) For a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases, the partial pressure distribution of both components is linear in the case of steady state equimolal counter-diffusion
Description : Steady state equimolal counter diffusion is encountered in (A) Separation of a binary mixture by distillation (B) Absorption of NH3 from air by water (C) All liquid-liquid diffusion systems (D) All liquid-solid diffusion systems
Last Answer : (A) Separation of a binary mixture by distillation
Description : For a binary mixture with low relative volatility, (A) Use steam distillation (B) Use molecular distillation (C) Use high pressure distillation (D) An azeotrope may be formed during distillation
Last Answer : (D) An azeotrope may be formed during distillation
Description : Pick out the wrong statement about cavitation. (A) Sudden reduction of pressure in a fluid flow system caused by flow separation, vortex formation or abrupt closing of valve leads to cavitation ... (D) Large scale cavitation cannot damage pipeline, restrict fluid flow and damage steam turbine blades
Last Answer : (D) Large scale cavitation cannot damage pipeline, restrict fluid flow and damage steam turbine blades
Description : What property of substance does distillation used as basis for separation of components of a mixture?
Last Answer : Different materials have different boiling points.
Description : 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 ... at all temperature (D) The relative volatility of a binary mixture at the Azeotropic composition is 1
Last Answer : (C) Azeotropes obey Raoult's law at all temperature
Description : 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
Last Answer : (C) Same
Description : In Azeotropic mixture, the equilibrium vapour composition is (A) More than liquid composition (B) Less than liquid composition (C) Same as liquid composition (D) Independent of pressure
Last Answer : (C) Same as liquid composition
Description : The relative volatility of a binary mixture at the Azeotropic composition is (A) 1 (B) > 1 (C) 0 (D) ∞
Last Answer : (D) ∞
Description : Van Laar equation deals with the activity co-efficients in (A) Binary solutions (B) Ternary solutions (C) Azeotropic mixture only (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Binary solutions
Description : The number of degree of freedom for an Azeotropic mixture of ethanol and water in vapour-liquid equilibrium, is (A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0
Last Answer : B) 1
Description : Oxygen is separated by distillation from air after its liquefaction. The boiling point of oxygen is about __________ °C. (A) -83 (B) -183 (C) -196 (D) -218
Last Answer : (B) -183
Description : A __________ is a type of heat exchange system where water is heated to its' boiling point via combustion of a fuel blown through a tube submerged in water. a. Condensate loop b. Hyperbolic cooling tower c. Steam boiler d. All of above
Last Answer : c. Steam boiler
Description : . A dilute aqueous solution is to be concentrated in an evaporator system. High pressure steam is available. Multiple effect evaporator system is employed, because (A) Total heat transfer area of ... in a single effect is much lower than that in any effect in a multi-effect system
Last Answer : (B) Total amount of vapor produced per Kg of feed steam in a multiple effect system is much higher than in a single effect
Description : Higher boiling fractions like atmospheric residue is distilled under vacuum at low temperature because at high temperature, there is a tendency of the predominance of (A) Thermal cracking (B) Gum formation (C) Coking (D) Discoloration
Last Answer : (C) Coking
Description : While separating a mixture of ortho and para-nitro phenols by steam distillation, name the isomer which will be steam volatile. Give reasons.
Last Answer : In o-nitrophenol, there is intramolecular hydrogen bonding as follows : In p-nitrophenol, there is intramolecular hydrogen bonding as follows : Due to intermolecular H ... -nitrophenol. Hence o-nitraphenol due to its lower b. p. is steam volatile while pnitrophenol is not.
Description : Name a suitable technique of separation of the components from a mixture of calcium sulphate and camphor.
Last Answer : The components from a mixture of calcium sulphate and camphor can be separated by the process of sublimation.
Description : Coolant used in a boiling water reactor is (A) Hydrogen gas (B) Water (C) Steam (D) A mixture of water & steam
Last Answer : (D) A mixture of water & steam