Simple Distillation is Used to Separate Out Solutions

Question 1

What is simple distillation used for?

Answer 1

Separating out a liquid from a solution

Question 2

What is done to the solution first?

Answer 2

It’s heated

Question 3

Which part of the solution evaporates?

Answer 3

The part that has the lowest boiling point

Question 4

What is then done to the vapour?

Answer 4

It is then cooled, condenses and collected

Question 5

What is done with the rest of the solution?

Answer 5

It is left behind in the flask

Question 6

What can you use simple distillation to get? What is done to get this?

Answer 6

pure Water from sea water
Water evaporates and is condensed and collected
End up with just salt left in flask

Question 7

What is the problem with simple distillation?

Answer 7

You can only use it to separate things with very different boiling points

Question 8

What do you do if you have a mixture of liquids with similar boiling points?

Answer 8

You need another method to separate them out - like fractional distillation