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If extraction is done at the _____ of the solvent, it is called _____

(a) Melting point, decoction

(b) Boiling point, decoction

(c) Melting point, leaching

(d) Boiling point, leaching

The question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

My enquiry is from Unit Operations topic in section Equilibrium Stage Operations, Unit Operations – Extraction, Crystallization and Filteration of Food Engineering

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Right choice is (b) Boiling point, decoction

Easy explanation: If extraction is done at the boiling point of the solvent, it is called decoction.

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