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Which of the following is not used as WERs?

(a) Hexa decanol

(b) Octa decanol

(c) Docosanol

(d) Cyclohexanol

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Question is from Reservoir Losses topic in chapter Reservoirs and Dam Reservoirs Planning of Irrigation Engineering

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Right option is (d) Cyclohexanol

Explanation: Fatty alcohols like Cetyl alcohol (popularly known as Hexa decanol), Stearyl alcohol (also called Octadecanol), and Behenyl alcohol (also called docosanol) are found to be quite suitable. A mixture of these chemicals have also been generally used and the chemicals should be 99% pure for getting the desired properties of the monolayer.

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