In the azeotropic distillation of an ethanol-water solution, a feed mixture containing 95.6% alcobol is mixed with pure benzene and distilled. The benzene forms a ternary azectrope with alcohol-water with a composition of 74 1% benene, 7.4% water and 18.5% alcohol, which is distilled over as the overhead prodact Absolute alcohol is obtained as the residue product Determine the quantity of benzene required for producing 100 kg of absolute alcohol

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In the azeotropic distillation of an ethanol-water solution, a feed mixture containing 95.6% alcobol is mixed with pure benzene and distilled. The benzene forms a ternary azectrope with alcohol-water with a composition of 74 1% benene, 7.4% water and 18.5% alcohol, which is distilled over as the overhead prodact Absolute alcohol is obtained as the residue product Determine the quantity of benzene required for producing 100 kg of absolute alcohol

 

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