Pick out the wrong statement: (A) Change in barometric pressure does not affect the relative humidity (B) In case of a packed tower, the operating velocity is about half of the flooding velocity, generally (C) 'Elution' means the desorption of the adsorbed solute by a solvent (D) The equilibrium moisture content of the solid can be reduced by increasing the absolute humidity

Pick out the wrong statement:

(A) Change in barometric pressure does not affect the relative humidity

(B) In case of a packed tower, the operating velocity is about half of the

flooding velocity, generally

(C) 'Elution' means the desorption of the adsorbed solute by a solvent

(D) The equilibrium moisture content of the solid can be reduced by

increasing the absolute humidity

by

1 Answer

Answer :

(D) The equilibrium moisture content of the solid can be reduced by

increasing the absolute humidity

by

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