Question

Distillation is a process of separating the component substances from a liquid mixture by:

• A. Selective evaporation
• B. Condensation
• C. both $A$ and $B$
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

both $A$ and $B$

Distillation is the process of separating the component substances from a liquid mixture by selective evaporation and condensation. Distillation may result in essentially complete separation (nearly pure components), or it may be a partial separation that increases the concentration of selected components of the mixture. In either case, the process exploits differences in the volatility of mixtures components.