Acetic acid will be most economically separated from a dilute solution
of acetic acid in water by
(A) Solvent extraction
(B) Continuous distillation
(C) Evaporation
(D) Absorption
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 : A binary mixture of benzene and cyclohexane is separated by (A) Flash vaporisation (B) Extractive distillation (C) Solvent extraction (D) Ordinary distillation
Last Answer : (B) Extractive distillation
Description : The recovery of penicillin from the acidified fermentation broth is done by (A) Distillation (B) Evaporation (C) Absorption (D) Liquid extraction
Last Answer : (D) Liquid extraction
Description : In which of the following unit operations, the selectivity is an important parameter? (A) Distillation (B) Solvent extraction (C) Absorption (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Solvent extraction
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 : Separation of two or more components of a liquid solution cannot beachieved by (A) Fractional crystallisation (B) Liquid extraction (C) Absorption (D) Evaporation
Last Answer : (C) Absorption
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 : Black liquor is converted into white liquor by (A) Evaporation and burning the concentrate followed by causticisation of products (B) Multi-effect evaporation only (C) Selective liquid extraction (D) Extractive distillation
Last Answer : (A) Evaporation and burning the concentrate followed by causticisation of products
Description : Glycerine is recovered from lye by (A) Evaporation followed by vacuum distillation (B) Liquid extraction technique (C) Extractive distillation technique (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Evaporation followed by vacuum distillation
Description : The most important application of distribution law is in (A) Evaporation (B) Liquid extraction (C) Drying (D) Distillation
Last Answer : (B) Liquid extraction
Description : The solvent used in liquid extraction should not have high latent heat of vaporisation, because (A) The pressure drop and hence the pumping cost will be very high (B) It cannot ... by distillation may be prohibitively high (D) It will decompose while recovering by distillation
Last Answer : (C) Its recovery cost by distillation may be prohibitively high
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In solvent extraction, the distribution co-efficient should be as large as possible for solvent economy (B) With increase in pressure, the solubility of ... in distillation column (D) The capacity of a distillation column is maximum at total reflux
Last Answer : (D) The capacity of a distillation column is maximum at total reflux
Description : Essential oils are usually obtained using (A) Steam distillation (B) Extractive distillation (C) Solvent extraction (D) Leaching
Last Answer : (D) Leaching
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 : A mixture of water and alcohol can be separated by – (1) Filtration (2) Evaporation (3) Decantation (4) Distillation
Last Answer : (4) Distillation Explanation: A mixture of water and alcohol is separated by the process of distillation. At 780C, alcohol starts to vaporize. The vapours are condensed in the condenser and alcohol is collected in the receiver.
Description : Water can be separated from alcohol water mixture by – (1) decantation (2) evaporation (3) distillation (4) sublimation
Last Answer : (3) distillation Explanation: Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a ... is distilled to separate its components- notably oxygen, nitrogen, and argon- for industrial use.
Description : A mixture of water and alcohol can be separated by - (1) Filtration (2) Evaporation (3) Distillation (4) Decantation
Last Answer : (3) Distillation Explanation: Simple distillation is a procedure by which two liquids with different boiling points can be separated.
Description : A mixture of water and alcohol can be separated by (1) Filtration (2) Evaporation (3) Decantation (4) Distillation
Last Answer : Distillation
Description : Water can be separated from alcohol water mixture by (1) decantation (2) evaporation (3) distillation (4) sublimation
Last Answer : distillation
Description : Which of the following unit operations makes use of Thiele-Geddes equation? (A) Liquid-liquid extraction (B) Solid-liquid extraction (C) Multi-component absorption with chemical reaction (D) Multi-component distillation
Last Answer : (D) Multi-component distillation
Description : Steady state equimolal counter diffusion occurs in case of (A) Leaching (B) Absorption (C) Binary phase distillation (D) Liquid-liquid extraction
Last Answer : (C) Binary phase distillation
Description : Lead pipes are not safe for carrying drinking water because water containing dissolved oxygen attacks lead thereby forming poisonous Pb (OH)2 . Lead pipes are readily corroded by (A) Dilute HCI (B) Acetic acid (C) Concentrated H2SO4 (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Acetic acid
Description : Lead pipes are not safe for carrying drinking water, because water, containing dissolved oxygen attacks lead thereby forming poisonous Pb(OH)2 . Lead pipes are readily corroded by (A) Dilute HCl (B) Acetic acid (C) Concentrated H2SO4 (D) None of these
Description : Solvent used in the Udex (glycol) extraction process for removal of light aromatics from cracked naphtha is (A) Propane (B) Diethylene glycol (C) Aqueous solution (10% water) of diethylene glycol (D) Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
Last Answer : (C) Aqueous solution (10% water) of diethylene glycol
Description : The rate of solid-liquid extraction is limited by the (A) Phase change of the solute as it dissolves in the solvent (B) Diffusion of the solute through the solvent in the pores to the outside of the particle (C) ... contact with the particle to the main bulk of the solution (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Last Answer : (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) The operating line always lies above the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a single component absorber (B) The operating line always lies below the equilibrium ... (D) The solubility of a particular gas in ideal solution in any solvent is always the same
Last Answer : (C) The operating pressure in solvent extraction system should be below vapor pressures of all components
Description : In a liquid-liquid extraction, 10 kg of a solution containing 2 kg of solute C and 8 kg of solvent A is brought into contact with 10 kg of solvent B. Solvent A and B are completely immiscible in each other whereas ... (C) Less than 1 kg of C is transferred to B (D) No amount of C is transferred to B
Last Answer : (A) The entire amount of C is transferred to solvent B
Description : Compound A is extracted from a solution of A + B into a pure solvent S. A Co-current unit is used for the liquid-liquid extraction. The inlet rate of the solution containing A is 200 moles of B/hr.m2 and the ... extraction achieved in the unit is (A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 70% (D) 90%
Last Answer : (B) 50%
Description : The overall mass transfer co-efficient for the absorption of SO2 in air with dilute NaOH solution can be increased substantially by (A) Increasing the gas film co-efficient (B) Increasing the liquid film co-efficient (C) Increasing the total pressure (D) Decreasing the total pressure
Last Answer : (A) Increasing the gas film co-efficient
Description : Statement-1: Extraction of gold from its native ore involves leaching the metal wih dilute solution of NaCN in presence of air. Statement-2:This is an
Last Answer : Statement-1: Extraction of gold from its native ore involves leaching the metal wih dilute solution of ... -1 is false but Statement -2 is true
Description : Chemical name of vinegar is -------? A. Sodium Nitrate B. Dilute acetic acid (Answer) C. Chloride of lime D. Calcium E. None of these
Last Answer : B. Dilute acetic acid (Answer)
Description : Which of the following acid is also known as vinegar? (a) Dilute hydrochloric acid (b) Dilute sulphuric acid (c) Dilute acetic acid (d) Dilute tartaric acid
Last Answer : (c) Dilute acetic acid
Description : Ethyl acetoacetate undergoes acid-hydrolysis with dilute HCl to form (a) Acetoacetic acid (b) Succinic acid (c) Acetic acid (d) Adipic acid
Last Answer : Acetoacetic acid
Description : __________ treatment is done for appreciable improvement in viscosity index of lubricating oil. (A) Acid (B) Solvent extraction (C) Alkali (D) Clay
Description : Oil produced by solvent extraction (A) Has low free fatty acid content (B) Is odourless (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Description : Coke oven gas is stripped of its H2S and mercaptans content by (A) Absorption in wash oil (B) Adsorption on bog iron bed (C) Bubbling it through dilute sulphuric acid (D) Adsorption on silica gel
Last Answer : (B) Adsorption on bog iron bed
Description : Acetone is to be removed from air in an isothermal dilute absorber using pure water as solvent. The incoming air contains 5 mole% of acetone (yin = 0.05). The design equation to be used for obtaining the number of trays ( ... of acetone, the number of trays required is/are: (A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
Last Answer : (C) 9
Description : Minerals from which metals can be extracted economically and easily are called ores. The extraction of metals from theirs ores involves the following
Last Answer : Minerals from which metals can be extracted economically and easily are called ores. The ... . D. roasting followed by electrolytic reduction.
Last Answer : Minerals from which metals can be extracted economically and easily are called ores. The extraction of metals from ... 2)S+2Cu_(2)O rarr 6Cu+SO_(2)`
Description : lass Ionomer Cement sets because of,** A. Acid-Base reaction B. Addition polymerisation reaction C. Growth of glass crystals D. Slip plane locking E. Solvent evaporation
Last Answer : A. Acid-Base reaction
Description : Which of the following processes is not an example of adsorption applied to gaseous separations? (A) Recovery of valuable solvent vapors from dilute mixture with air and ... Removal of objectionable odour and impurities from industrial gases (D) Decolouration of yellow glycerine
Last Answer : (D) Decolouration of yellow glycerine
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In case of heat transfer by purely forced convection, GR /Re 2 ≤ 1 (B) The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of ... nucleate boiling depends basically on the ease with which the bubbles are formed and detached from the heating surface
Last Answer : (B) The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of square crosssection (having each side as 'x') is equal to 4x
Description : Duhring’s rule is important in solving problems on (A) Distillation (B) Crystallisation (C) Evaporation (D) Humidification
Last Answer : (C) Evaporation
Description : Duhring's plot' is of use in (A) Extractive distillation (B) Evaporation
Last Answer : (B) Evaporation
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 : __________ 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 : 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 : Solvent used in extractive distillation (A) Changes the relative volatility of the original components (B) Should be of high volatility (C) Should form azeotropes with the original components (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (A) Changes the relative volatility of the original components
Description : In extractive distillation, solvent is (A) Added to alter the relative volatility of the mixture (B) Of high volatility (C) Present in overhead stream (D) Of high viscosity to give high tray efficiency
Last Answer : (A) Added to alter the relative volatility of the mixture
Description : Solvent used in extractive distillation (A) Is of low volatility (B) Forms a low boiling azeotrope (C) Forms a high boiling azeotrope (D) Does not alter the relative volatility of the original components
Last Answer : (B) Forms a low boiling azeotrope