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In a countercurrent extractor, NaOH is extracted from the CaCO3NaOH mixture with pure water. The feed mixture contains 1000kg/hCaCO3 (inert), 100kg/hNaOH and 50kg/hH2O. The extract

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In a countercurrent extractor, NaOH is extracted from the CaCO3NaOH mixture with pure water. The feed mixture contains 1000kg/hCaCO3 (inert), 100kg/hNaOH and 50kg/hH2O. The extract phase is 90% water and 10%NaOH by weight. In case of constant downstream, 1 ton of solution (water +NaOH ) per 1 ton of inert is retained. As a result of the extraction, 98% of the NaOH is extracted. How many ideal stages are needed, assuming each stage is in equilibrium

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