Fractional distillation is used to separe the components of a liquid.
Distillation is used frequently.
The key difference between fractional and simple distillation is that fractional distillation is used when the components in the mixture have closer boiling points, while simple distillation is used when the components in the mixture have a large difference in their boiling points
Distillation is used to extract ethanol.
fractional distillation
Whether it is better to use fractional or simple distillation depends on the liquids being separated and on the boiling points of the liquids. When there is a great difference between the boiling points of the liquids, simple distillation may be a better option. Likewise, if there is a small difference in boiling points, then fractional distillation is used.
Fractional distillation is used to obtain diesel fuel, kerosene, gasoline and many others useful products.
Electrolysis is a process, fractional distillation another.
After fractional distillation petrol is not a mixture.
Fractional Distillation from petroleum
Simple distillation is used to separate liquids with significantly different boiling points, while fractional distillation is used for liquids with closer boiling points. Vacuum distillation is used at lower pressures to lower the boiling points of substances.
You would use simple distillation when the two products you are trying to separate have large difference in boiling points. Fractional distillation is needed when the two products have very close boiling points (like Hexane and toluene). In petroleum refining, the word "fractionation", not "fractional distillation" is used, often interchangeably with "distillation". When we have a crude mixture of different compounds which have very minor difference in their boiling points and cannot be separated simple distillation, then fractional distillation is used. Differenciation of components of petroleum is done by this process
Fractional distillation is used to separate the components of petroleum. Petrol (gasoline) evaporates at a lower temperature than kerosene evaporates at.