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Q: How many stages are there to steam distillation?
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How does a steam distillation sloping splash head work?

There is a steam distillation but no sloping splash head?


When is steam distillation used?

Steam distillation is specifically used for temperature sensitive materials such as natural aromatic compounds. When you add steam it allows them to evaporate at lower temperatures.


How does Multi-effect Distillation work?

It is a process of distillation of sea water to get almost pure water. It has many stages. In first stage steam is introduced in the tubes and sea water sprayed. Stage is slight under vacuum so the flashing occurs and vapour produced which will condense in next stage in the tubes and so on.


Why steam is used as boiling source in steam distillation?

Otherwise it wouldn't be a STEAM destillation, would it?


What does a steam distillation sloping splash head look like?

Type, 'Steam Distillation Sloping Splash-head' into Google and hey presto, lot's of links.


Could you compare and contrast simple from steam distillation in terms of type of mixtures separated?

Simple and steam distillation are similar in that they use boiling to separate organic components. Simple distillation boils them off at their boiling points, then condenses them. Steam distillation uses water mixed with the compounds to lower their boiling points and avoid decomposing them by heat.


How do you extract isoamyl acetate from banana?

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Why would the steam distillation of a mixture of vanillin and eugenol result in the distillation of eugenol only?

Because is and esential oil and these are not soluble on water and volatile enough to be distilled by steam, when you use steam distillation you do the extraction step and the purification step in one technique.


Can steam Distillation remove Pharmaceuticals from water?

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What is steam distillation and why is it a preferred technique to purify high boiling liquids that are water insoluble?

steam distillation is an effective way to separate slightly volatile water insolube substance from nonvolatile material


What is the control stage in steam turbines?

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How do you obtain citral from lemon grass?

You can obtain via steam distillation.