[en] Holdup, droplet size and continuous-phase backmixing were measured in a 72 mm i.d. pulsed perforated-plate column. The contactor was operated using the system 2 M HNO₃-30% TBP/OP. Pulse amplitude, frequency and both phase flow rates were varied over a wide range of values although the column was maintained in the continuous dispersion region. Dispersed-phase holdup appeared to pass through a minimum at a constant pulse velocity corresponding to the onset of continuous dispersion type operation. The value of this minimum varied linearly with the dispersed-phase flow rate. Measurements of holdup were correlated using the slip velocity concept, modified to allow for droplet coalescence. Values of the Sauter-mean droplet diameter were found to vary with the pulse velocity and holdup. It was shown that the ratio of the characteristic droplet velocity in a pulsed perforated-plate column to that in a spray column as derived from the correlation of Hu and Kintner is a function of the pulse velocity and holdup. This led to an expression which correlated the droplet size data with negligible error. Continuous-phase back mixing was found to increase with amplitude; frequency and dispersed-phase flow rate. The effect of the continuous-phase flow rate was variable. At low values, increasing the phase velocity reduced back mixing while at high values, an increase in the phase velocity had the reverse effect