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It’s not diffusion, but this process is assumed to be “perfect” in the derivation of the Scheil–Gulliver equation used in metallurgy. This process is facilitated by eddy generation in an “oscillatory baffled” device. The residence time distribution assumes a Dirac delta function in a model where this process does not occur axially. This process names a model of devices commonly contrasted with the plug-flow model and the batch model. A type of chemical reactor is named (10[1])for this process (10[1])occurring “continuously” within (10[1])a “tank.” Small devices made of (-5[1])alnico and coated with Teflon are placed in (10[1])a vessel (10[1])above a plate in a simple method for this task. (-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this process often performed by magnetic “bars,” which aims to homogenize a solution’s components. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: mixing [or stirring; or blending; accept impelling; accept continuous stirred-tank reactor; accept stir bar; prompt on CSTR; prompt on dissolving or dissolution or convection by asking “what general process does this seek to achieve?”] (The third clue refers to plug-flow reactors.)
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Danny HanPenn AColumbia B7510
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins APenn B7810
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Arjun BothraHaverford APenn State B87-5
Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins BPenn State A9510
Ivonne ZhouPenn APrinceton A9710
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Olin BoseColumbia BRutgers C12610
Jack StuhlmanLehigh ABard A12610
Robert WangPenn State BHaverford A12610