One gram of silver gets distributed between $10\ {cm}^{3}$ of molten zinc and $100cm^{3}$of molten lead at $8000℃.$ The percentage of silver still left in the lead layer in approximately

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Nernst’s distribution law at constant temperature, when different quantities of a solute are allowed to distribute between two immiscible solvents in contact with each other then at equilibrium the ratio of the concentration of the solute in two layers is constant for similar species which may be present.
Distribution coefficient
$K_{D} = \frac{concentration\ of\ X\ in\ solvent\ \ A(C_{1})}{concentration\ of\ X\ in\ solvent\ B(C_{2})}$

Q. One gram of silver gets distributed between $10\ {cm}^{3}$ of molten zinc and $100cm^{3}$of molten lead at $8000℃.$ The percentage of silver still left in the lead layer in approximately

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