Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component or fractions. This process is based on difference in boiling point of the components in the mixture. This is a special type of distillation.

Air is a homogeneous mixture of 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases such as helium, krypton, nitrogen dioxide etc.

Consider three gases oxygen, nitrogen and argon whose boiling points are: -183, -196, -186 degree celsius. They are to be separated from air using fractional distillation.

Air is compressed by increasing pressure and is then cooled by decreasing the temperature to form liquid air. This liquid air is allowed to warm-up slowly in a fractional distillation column, where gases get separated at different heights depending upon their boiling points. As the height of tower increases the temperature increases.

__ is the gas collected in least volume.

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By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. It is observed that, argon is present in least voulme (in air) as compared to nitogen and oxygen. Therefore, argon will be the gas which is collected in least volume.

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Consider three gases Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon whose boiling points are -183, -196, -186 degree celsius, that are to be separated from air using Fractional Distillation.

The air is compressed by increasing the pressure and is then cooled by decreasing the temperature to get liquid air. This liquid air is allowed to warm-up slowly in a fractional distillation column, where gases get separated at different heights depending upon their boiling points. As the height of tower increases the temperature increases.

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(a) Miscible liquids are separated by .........................
(b) Immiscible liquids are separated by using a ........................
(c) A mixture of kerosene and petrol can be separated by ........................
(d) The separation of liquids by fractional distillation is based on the difference in their ............................
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(f) A heterogeneous mixture of liquid and solid is conveniently separated by ............................
(g) If a mixture contains iron filings as one of the constituents, it can be separated by using a .......................

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