2007-02-22 04:08:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Temperature regulation is key to distillation. If you more you let the temperature fluctuate (a danger with heating too quickly), the greater the chance of having impurities in the product. When distilling, you want to keep the temperature as close to the target chemical's boiling point the whole time your collecting flask is under the cooling system. If you are just making moonshine, 3 Celsius degrees won't matter, but for organic chemistry you need to be more exact or you won't get a pure product.
2007-02-22 04:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distilaltion is normally a purification process or a process of separation. So if the boiling is too vigorous, the impurities will carry over into the distillate.
2007-02-22 04:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distillation is the separation of two or more substances by their different boiling points. If you add too much heat at any one time, the higher boiling material(s) will carry over with the material to be separated.
2007-02-22 04:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if you do it fast you won't get as good separation
2007-02-22 04:15:57 · answer #4 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋