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The separation is possible if the solute concentration in both extract and raffinate are same.

(a) True

(b) False

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

Enquiry is from Terinary Equilibrium Diagram topic in chapter Liquid Extraction of Mass Transfer

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Right option is (b) False

The explanation: At plait point, the extract and raffinate concentration are same so the separation is not possible.

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