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The steps of simple distillation:


evaporates / gas / Bunsen / condenses


  1. A solution is heated, usually using a burner.
  2. The liquid in the mixture into a gas. 
  3. The gas is cooled by a water jacket, and into a liquid, which then flows into the beaker. 
Bunsen
evaporates
condenses

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Diagram of a distillation apparatus highlighting the condenser.

Which piece of equipment is highlighted in the image above?

Boiling flask

Fractionating column

Beaker

Cooling jacket

Condenser

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Diagram showing a distillation apparatus with a condenser and a flask.

Which piece of equipment is highlighted in the image above?

Condenser

Cooling jacket

Beaker

Fractionating column

Boiling flask

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Diagram showing a distillation apparatus with highlighted condenser.

Which piece of equipment is highlighted in the image above?

Fractionating column

Beaker

Boiling flask

Cooling jacket

Condenser

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Diagram showing a distillation apparatus with a condenser and a receiving flask.

Which piece of equipment is highlighted in the image above?

Condenser

Fractionating column

Cooling jacket

Beaker

Boiling flask

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Diagram showing a distillation apparatus with a flask, condenser, and receiving vessel.

Which piece of equipment is highlighted in the image above?

Cooling jacket

Beaker

Condenser

Fractionating column

Boiling flask

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Fractional distillation can separate a mixture of several liquids that each have different:

Melting points

Colours

Boiling points

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Diagram of a fractional distillation apparatus with a flask, fractionating column, condenser, and receiving flask.

Which of the following is the correct order of steps required for fractional distillation?

Condenser ➔ beaker ➔ fractionating column ➔ boiling flask

Boiling flask ➔ fractionating column ➔ condenser ➔ beaker

Boiling flask ➔ condenser ➔ beaker ➔ fractionating column

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Briefly explain the process of fractional distillation to separate a mixture of the liquids methanol, ethanol and propanol.

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How would you isolate pure water from salt water?

Crystallisation 

Fractional distillation

Simple distillation 

Thermal decomposition 

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