Statement 1: When alcohol is allowed to move from chamber A to chamber B when a barrier between them is removed, it is called multi phase diffusion. Statement 2: When oxygen is made to diffuse into the water, it’s called continuous molecular diffusion.

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Statement 1: When alcohol is allowed to move from chamber A to chamber B when a barrier between them is removed, it is called multi phase diffusion.

Statement 2: When oxygen is made to diffuse into the water, it’s called continuous molecular diffusion.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

This question was addressed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

The origin of the question is Unit Operations in portion Heat Transfer Equipment, Microwave Heating, Evaporation, Diffusion and Mass Transfer and Dehydration of Food Engineering

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