GATE XE · 2024 · XE-C
Question 63: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Phase Transformations
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Question 63
XE-CNAT2 marksNeeds review
A 2 mm thick palladium sheet of 1000 mm
cross section is used as a diffusional membrane to purify hydrogen. The hydrogen concentration is maintained at a steady state with
kg m
and
kg m
on the two sides of the membrane as shown in the figure below.

The rate of hydrogen purification is (in units of kg hr
) ______ × 10
(rounded off to one decimal place).Given: The diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in palladium is 1.0 × 10
m
s
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2024XE-C
GATE XE 2024 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
- Section
- Section XE-C
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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