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 be recovered by distillation

(C) Its recovery cost by distillation may be prohibitively high

(D) It will decompose while recovering by distillation


1 Answer

Answer :

(C) Its recovery cost by distillation may be prohibitively high


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