Range of compressibility co-efficient of the commercial compressible cake obtained in filtration operation is (A) 0.01 to 0.1(B) 0.1 to 0.3 (C) 0.2 to 0.8 (D) 0.2 to 0.4

Range of compressibility co-efficient of the commercial compressible
cake obtained in filtration operation is
(A) 0.01 to 0.1
(B) 0.1 to 0.3
(C) 0.2 to 0.8
(D) 0.2 to 0.4
by

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(C) 0.2 to 0.8
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