Question

Excess nucleation leads to _____

(a) Non-uniform CSD

(b) In huge capacity vessels, the crystal-crystal attrition leads to formation of small size particles hence no crystallization

(c) Non-uniform CSD, in huge capacity vessels, the crystal-crystal attrition leads to formation of small size particles hence no crystallization

(d) None of the mentioned

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Asked question is from Unit Operations in chapter Equilibrium Stage Operations, Unit Operations – Extraction, Crystallization and Filteration of Food Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Non-uniform CSD, in huge capacity vessels, the crystal-crystal attrition leads to formation of small size particles hence no crystallization

The best explanation: Excess nucleation leads to both of the mentioned.