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Q#1 GATE CH 2013 MCQ +2 marks -0.33 marks

In the elutriation leg of a commercial crystallizer containing a mixture of coarse and very fine crystals of the same material, a liquid is pumped vertically upward. The liquid velocity is adjusted such that it is slightly lower than the terminal velocity of the coarse crystals only. Hence

the very fine and coarse crystals will both be carried upward by the liquid

the very fine and coarse crystals will both settle at the bottom of the tube

the very fine crystals will be carried upward and the coarse crystals will settle

the coarse crystals will be carried upward and the very fine crystals will settle

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