Ethanol is separated form water by:

Crystallisation

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Chromatography

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Fractional distillation

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Adding methyl alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is B Fractional distillation
Fractional distillation is special type of distillation designed to separate a mixture of two or more liquids that have different boiling points.Ethanol is more volatile than water, since it has a lower boiling point (78°C) and thus mixture of ethanol and water can be seperated by the method of fractional distillation.

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