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                | 11.  | 
The partial pressure distribution of both components of a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases is linear |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 in the case of steady-state equimolal counter-diffusion | 
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                 in the case of steady-state unimolal unidirectional diffusion | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 both in the case of steady-state equimolal counter-diffusion and steady-state unimolal unidirectional diffusion | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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                | 12.  | 
The partial pressure distribution of both components of a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases is non-linear |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 in the case of steady-state equimolal counter-diffusion | 
				 				 B. | 
                 in the case of steady-state unimolal unidirectional diffusion | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 both in the case of steady-state equimolal counter-diffusion and steady-state unimolal unidirectional diffusion | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B  
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                | 13.  | 
The diffusivity DAB for A diffusing in B is the same as the fiffusivity DBA for B diffusing in A for a binary mixture of |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 ideal gases only | 
				 				 B. | 
                 real gases only | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 both ideal and real gases | 
				 				 D. | 
                 real liquids only | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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                | 14.  | 
At steady-state the partial pressure distribution of an ideal gas A diffusing through a stagnant ideal gas B follows |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 linear law | 
				 				 B. | 
                 hyperbolic law | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 parabolic law | 
				 				 D. | 
                 exponential law | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D  
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                | 15.  | 
Select the wrong statement |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 Molecular diffusion in solids is much faster than molecular diffusion in gases and liquids | 
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                 Molecular diffusion in solids is much slower than molecular diffusion in gases and liquids | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 The diffusion coefficient in a liquid is 10-4 to 10-5 times times the diffusion coefficient in a gas | 
				 				 D. | 
                 Molecular diffusion in gases is much faster than molecular diffusion in liquids | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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                | 16.  | 
The Knudsen diffusivity is proportional to                               where T = absolute temperature |  
 
 
                
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C  
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                | 17.  | 
For flow of gas through a capillary according to Poiseuilles law the permeability |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 varies inversely as the gas viscosity | 
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                 is proportional to the gas viscosity | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 varies as the square root of gas viscosity | 
				 				 D. | 
                 varies as the square of the gas viscosity | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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                | 18.  | 
For flow of a gas through a given capillary according to Poiseuilles law the permeability |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 remains unaffected with change in temperature | 
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                 increases with increase in temperature | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 decreases with increase in temperature | 
				 				 D. | 
                 varies as the square root of temperature | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C  
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                | 19.  | 
The permeability increases with increase in temperature for the flow of gases through a capillary according to  |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 Knudsen law | 
				 				 B. | 
                 Poiseuilles law | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 both Knudsen law and Poiseuilles law | 
				 				 D. | 
                 none of the above | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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                | 20.  | 
The binary diffusivity in liquids varies almost as |  
 
 
                
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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