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Q: Why why is fractional distillation not used to produce drinking water?
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What is the process called to produce drinking water from seawater?

Distillation.


Which one of the following is not obtained by the fractional distillation of water he or xe or ne?

Helium (he) is not obtained by fractional distillation.


How you can obtain the pure water by which procees distillation or fractional distillation?

Distillation is used frequently.


How do you separate water alcohol and acetone?

fractional distillation


How can you get rid of petrol in the water?

fractional distillation?


Which process distillation or filtration is used to produce drinking water from river water?

Both. But filtration is more common.


What method is best for separating sea water?

fractional distillation


Describe the process of assembling a fractional distillation?

Fractional distillation:1 solution with two miscible liquids(liquids that mix with each other)Example:Ethanol+water.


Examples of fractional distillation?

such as water and alcohol.most commonly crude oil.


How ethanol and water get separated by fractional distillation?

They have different boiling points


Why the crude oil has to be heated in the fractional distillation?

When crude oil is processed in the fractional distillation column it separates out different by products on the basis of their boiling points. Most of the by- products of the crude oil have a large difference in their boiling points so method of fractional distillation is viable in such a process. Fractional distillation can also be done to separate out water and acetone from a solution.


What method of separating mixtures be used to separate oil from oil-water mixture?

Most of the components of petroleum are separated by Fractional distillation.