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Find the liquid vapour compositions.

(a) 0.5-Liquid & 0.5-Vapour

(b) 0.6-Liquid & 0.4-Vapour

(c) 0.4-Liquid & 0.6-Vapour

(d) 0.5-Liquid & 0.4-Vapour

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The above asked question is from Flash Vaporization Line (q-line) in section Distillation of Mass Transfer

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Correct choice is (c) 0.4-Liquid & 0.6-Vapour

To explain: From the feed condition we can estimate that the feed has a mixture of liquid and vapour. From the distribution diagram, the vapour composition is 60% and the liquid composition is 40%.

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