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What is Q in McCabe Thiele method?

(a) Mole fraction of liquid in the feed

(b) Concentration

(c) Viscosity

(d) Temperature

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Asked question is from Distillation of Binary Mixtures in section Distillation of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Right choice is (a) Mole fraction of liquid in the feed

To elaborate: The parameter q is known to be mole fraction of liquid in the feed and the typical McCabe-Thiele diagram uses a q-line which represents partially vaporized feed.

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