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  • Question
  • Specific gravity on API scale is given by the relation(where, G = specific gravity at 15.5°C).


  • Options
  • A. °API = 200(G - 1)
  • B. °API = (141.5/G) - 131.5
  • C. °API = (140/G) - 130
  • D. °API = 145 - (145/G)

  • Correct Answer
  • °API = (141.5/G) - 131.5 


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    • 1. Screw conveyors are

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    • A. run at very high rpm.
    • B. suitable for sticky materials.
    • C. suitable for highly abrasive materials.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 2. Low grade phosphate rock can be used in electrical furnace, because

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    • A. of the better CaO/SiO2 balance for slag formation.
    • B. CaO content is less.
    • C. it is cheap.
    • D. it produces low cost product.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Wet grinding in a revolving mill __________ as compared to dry grinding.

    • Options
    • A. gives less wear on chamber walls
    • B. requires more energy
    • C. increases capacity
    • D. complicates handling of the product
    • Discuss
    • 4. Enthalpy of formation of NH3 is - 46 kJ/kg mole. The enthalpy change for the gaseous reaction, 2NH3 ? N2 + 3H2, is equal to __________ kJ/kg. mole.

    • Options
    • A. 46
    • B. 92
    • C. -23
    • D. -92
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pick out the wrong statement.

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    • A. Lug supports are less expensive than other type of supports.
    • B. A pipe is differentiated from a tube by the fact that a pipe has a greater wall thickness compared to the tube.
    • C. A reducer is used to change the direction of a pipe in a straight run.
    • D. The method of fixing tubes to a tube sheet by expanding is called 'tube rolling'.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Mc Cable Thiele method used for finding theoretical stages in a distillation column assumes that the

    • Options
    • A. sensible heat differences are small, because the temperature changes from tray to tray is small.
    • B. Trouton's rule is applicable.
    • C. liquid/vapor loading across the column remains constant.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 7. Factory manufacturing cost is the sum of the direct production cost

    • Options
    • A. fixed charges and plant overhead cost.
    • B. and plant overhead cost.
    • C. plant overhead cost and administrative expenses.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. __________ is the determining factor for the number of bubble caps to be used per tray.

    • Options
    • A. Permissible slot velocity
    • B. Tray diameter
    • C. Liquid load
    • D. Vapor load
    • Discuss
    • 9. During nitric acid manufacture, catalytic oxidation of ammonia at 800°C in presence of platinum catalyst produces nitrogen oxide. Conversion of NH3 to NO is about __________ percent.

    • Options
    • A. 38
    • B. 68
    • C. 82
    • D. 98
    • Discuss
    • 10. Hold up of material in a operating rotary drier is in the range of

    • Options
    • A. 0.05 to 0.15
    • B. 0.25 to 0.50
    • C. 0.5 to 0.8
    • D. 0.8 to 0.9
    • Discuss


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