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High concentrations of acetone were employed in the dispersed phase, i.e. up to 25% w/w because acetone has widely different effects on physical properties of the systems. This enabled an extensive examination to be made of different parameters on the mass transfer rate, frequency and amplitude of oscillation. A number of computer programms have been written to evaluate the actual instantaneous area of the droplet, its frequency and amplitude of oscillation and the mass transfer coefficients. Also the established methods for oscillating droplets, variance, mean and the general trend of the above parameters were calculated. In addition, empirical correlations were developed for the amplitude and the mass transfer coefficient. Studies under mass transfer condition showed that the velocity and the mass transfer rate were significantly different from those. predicted by hydrodynamic and molecular diffusion criteria. 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