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Assertion (A): A mixture of particle sizes cannot be treated as a single mean size.
Reason (R): The conversion time relation is non-linear in the particle radius.

  • A.A is true but R is false
  • B.A is false but R is true
  • C.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • D.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

Answer: C

Correct answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both are true and the reason gives the cause. Because the conversion time depends non-linearly on radius, the average conversion of a mixture is not the conversion of the average particle - the small particles finish long before the large ones and then contribute nothing further, while the large ones dominate the time to reach high overall conversion. A size distribution must therefore be integrated over rather than replaced by a mean.

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