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What law is applicable when liquid velocity through the pores is low and pore size is small?

(a) Poiseuille’s law

(b) Newton’s law

(c) Gauss’s law

(d) Dalton’s law

I had been asked this question in an international level competition.

The doubt is from Filtration at Constant Pressure Drop topic in section Filtration of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Correct choice is (a) Poiseuille’s law

The best explanation: Filtration rate is directly proportional to the difference in pressure and inversely proportional to the fluid viscosity and to the hydraulic resistance of the cake and filter medium.

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