Steady state equimolal counter diffusion occurs in case of (A) Leaching (B) Absorption (C) Binary phase distillation (D) Liquid-liquid extraction

Steady state equimolal counter diffusion occurs in case of
(A) Leaching
(B) Absorption
(C) Binary phase distillation
(D) Liquid-liquid extraction
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(C) Binary phase distillation
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