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Distillation can be used separate solutions of miscible liquids because?
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Distillation can be used to separate solutions of miscible liquids, because the liquids have different boiling points. Distillation works because it vaporizes the more volatile of the two liquids.
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Distillation can be used to separate solutions of miscible liquids because ?
Distillation works because liquids boil at different temperatures. Roughly speaking, in order to separate two liquids, you should heat the mixture to a temperature where one of the liquids (but not the other) is past its boiling temperature. Then the first liquid will boil off, leaving the second liquid behind; you can collect the first liquid in a condenser.
Explain why a distillation would not separate a mixture of the miscible liquids formic acid which boils at 100.7 degrees celsius and water which boils at 100 degrees celsius?
This is because their boiling points are close. Distillation is used to separate mixtures in which their constituents have boiling points that are relatively far apart. A better method would be fractional distillation which can be used to separate mixtures in which their constituents have relatively close boiling points.
Explain why distillation is a good way to separate C8H18 and C5H12 liquids?
both of these are liquid hydrocarbons so have the same chemical properties therefore can not beseparated by chemical means by physical means their separation is not possible by filtration because both are miscible so only method to separate them is fractional distillation because they have different boiling points.
Distillation can be used to seperate solutions of miscible liquids because?
For basic idea, different liquid had different boiling point thus upon boiling the vapour would contain more of the lower boiling point and separated out.
Why do the solutions not mixed in a separating funnel?
Because they're not miscible. It would be pointless to use a sep funnel on two liquids that were miscible.
What are the methods in separating the components of solution?
Current Edited Answer: Using the methods available to separate mixtures that are applicable to what solutions you want to separate. Example: Filtration, Evaporation, Distillation. Same as a mixture because a solution is a type of mixture.
How do you separate kerosene and crude oil?
kerosene and petrol can be separated by the process of fractional distillation.
Why cant you separate crude oil by using simple distillation?
Because Obama is a nagger.
Why is it not possible to use ethanol to extract an organic compound from water?
Because ethanol and water are miscible solutions, that is that they can mix together or co-dissolve.
How do you separate water from a mixture of chloroform and water?
Distillation, because chloroform and water have different boiling points.
Why evaporation and distillation can separate a solute from a solution using the particle model of matter?
Because of the friction that makes it separate!!hope that helped
Why is distillation is a good way to separate hydrocarbons?
Because they evaporate at different rates, each has a different boiling point.
