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What is the Impact of fractional distillation of liquid air on humans?
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∙ 14y ago
Fractional distillation refers to taking different volatile substances off at different temperatures. To fractionally distill air the differences in boiling points of its two main components oxygen and nitrogen are used.
Dry air contains roughly (by volume) 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide.
Nitrogen boils at −196 °C
Oxygen boils at −183 °C
Argon boils at -186.0 °C
Carbon dioxide sublimes at -78.5 ºC
If the air mixture is cooled to -200 ºC then theoretically all the gases are liquids. As the temperature is carefully increased then nitrogen would boil off at -196 ºC leaving the other gases as still liquid. The nitrogen thus is collected. As the temperature is slowly increased past -183 ºC the oxygen could be collected etc.
Alternatively, the temperature could be slowly decreased and the solid carbon dioxide collected when the temperature drops below -78.5 ºC. Next liquid oxygen is collected at just below -183 ºC leaving the other components of air still as gases, and so on...
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNothing, because all the components of air are human friendly.
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How do humans get the element xenon?
By fractional distillation of liquid air.
Which liquid would be the first to be collected in the fractional distillation?
fractional distillation this is a liquid with the lowest boiling point
How is xenon obtained?
all nobel gasses are obtained by fractional distillation of liquid air.
What does fractional distillation have to do with characteristic properties?
The answer is,Fractional distillation is based upon the boiling points of the liquid so that we can identify the liquid when there is a plateau on the graph (when the temperature is the same or close together).
What gas is obtained by fractional distillation?
Most of the gases in air, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon and others are obtained by fractional distillation of liquid air.
How do humans get xenon?
By fractional distillation of liquid air.
How do humans get the element xenon?
By fractional distillation of liquid air.
How fractional distillation is used?
Fractional distillation is used to separe the components of a liquid.
Which liquid would be the first to be collected in the fractional distillation?
fractional distillation this is a liquid with the lowest boiling point
How is xenon obtained?
all nobel gasses are obtained by fractional distillation of liquid air.
How do you get more of krypton?
From the fractional distillation of the liquid air.
How will you separate the mixture of homogenos liquid?
By fractional distillation.
How can prepare nitrogen liquid?
The liquid nitrogen is prepared by fractional distillation of liquid air.
What does fractional distillation have to do with characteristic properties?
The answer is,Fractional distillation is based upon the boiling points of the liquid so that we can identify the liquid when there is a plateau on the graph (when the temperature is the same or close together).
What gas is obtained by fractional distillation?
Most of the gases in air, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon and others are obtained by fractional distillation of liquid air.
How is xenon obtain from?
It is obtained by fractional distillation of liquid air.
What element is obtained from liquid air by fractional distillation?
Nitrogen
