5.1 Separations Part 2 Flashcards

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What is distillation?

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process of raising the temperature of a liquid until it can overcome the intermolecular forces that hold it together in the liquid phase

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When is simple distillation performed?

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when trace impurities need to be removed from a relatively pure compounds or when a mixture with significantly different boiling points needs to be separated

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When is fractional distillation performed?

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when different boiling points of the components in a liquid mixture is not large

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