Filter aids like asbestos, kieselguhr, diatomaceous earth etc. are used to increase the porosity of the final filter cake & reducing the cake resistance during filtration. Filter aid is
Options
A. added to the feed slurry.
B. precoated on the filter medium prior to filtration.
C. separated from the cake by dissolving solids or by burning it off.
D. all 'a', 'b'&'c'.
Correct Answer
all 'a', 'b'&'c'.
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1. Quartz is
Options
A. stable form of silica upto 870°C.
B. converted to tridymite on firing between 870 to 1470°C.
C. transformed to crystoballite on heating above 1470°C.
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