Distillation is a process used to seperate components of a mixture based on what property?

Question

Distillation is a process used to seperate components of a mixture based on what property?

Answer 1

Their vapour point (boiling point)

Answer 2

The distillation principle is that when 2 or more liquids
of different boiling points are subjected to heat , the vapors that result have a higher percentage of the liquid
with the lower boiling point. For example, when a wine of
12% alcohol is heated, its vapors are roughly 24% alcohol. So when the vapors are cooled and liquefied you've doubled the percentage of your brew. Then there's
fractional distillation. It's what they do with crude oil. This
stuff breaks down to several different components.
They heat it until it all vaporizes except the component
with the lowest boiling point - the tar. That runs off first.
The vapors rise and are cooled and the first thing that
condenses is motor oil, then kerosene, then gasoline and
finally they just catch propane and butane in its gaseous form. As each component condenses, it's drawn off.
Good enough?

Answer 3

Distillation is best used to separate a homogeneous mixture of a liquid and a solid. Distillation is often not suitable for separating two liquids from each other as they tend to boil off together as an azeotropic misture at an intermediate boiling point.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Distillation is used when there are liquids that are miscible in each other, that is they mix together and is unable to separate using filtration,stuff like that.

Distillation is done by their boiling points.

Answer 6

Usually it is used to separate two substances with dissimilar boiling points. It is nearly impossible to separate two substances with similar boiling points using distillation.

Answer 7

to distill mash into grain alcohol, boil your alcohol/ mash solution to a vapor (178 degreesF i believe) collect the vapor and pass it through a tube away from the heat .....
if you cool this tube , the vapor condenses into alcohol (without all the other "impurities)

its the difference in temperature that allows us to extract the alcohol and leave the water behind