An antibiotic that has been extracted from a fermentation broth using amyl acetate at low pH is

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An antibiotic that has been extracted from a fermentation broth using amyl acetate at low pH is to be extracted back into clean water at pH = 6, where KD = 0.15. If the water flow rate is set at 0.45 times the solvent rate, how many ideal stages would be needed for 98 percent recovery of the antibiotic in a countercurrent cascade?

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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering

ISBN: 9780072848236

7th Edition

Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott

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