Comparatively higher pressure drop
High cost of the high pressure vessel used for the reactor
Higher pumping cost
Chances of entrainment and disturbance of catalyst bed
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Chemical Engineering MCQs
The mass number of an element is equal to the number of __________ in the nucleus.
electrons
neutrons
protons
neutrons plus protons (i.e., nucleons)
✅ The correct answer is option D.
One ‘amu’ is equivalent to
9.31 Mev
931 eV
931 MeV
931 J
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Use of molten metal as a coolant in fast breeder reactor helps in
rapid heat transfer from the core.
accelerating the reaction rate in the core.
breeding neutrons.
accelerating the neutrons.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Atoms of U-238 and U-235 differ in structure by three
electrons and three protons
protons
neutrons
electrons
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) located at Trombay (near Bombay) has
five operating research reactors (namely Apsara, Cirus Zerelina, Purnima and Dhurva).
a 420 MW nuclear power plant.
a very large capacity (100 tons/yr) heavy water plant.
all (a), (b) and (c).
✅ The correct answer is option A.
A radioactive isotope undergoes decay with respect to time following __________ law.
logarithmic
exponential
linear
inverse square
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Safety rods provided in nuclear reactors to guard against accidents, in case of earthquake are made of
high carbon steel.
molybdenum.
zircalloy.
boron or cadmium.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The ratio of volume of an atom to that of its nucleus is
1012
10-Dec
10-Aug
108
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Radioactivity of an isotope is expressed in
barn
MeV
Curie
Ergs
✅ The correct answer is option C.