Question

Immiscible liquids: separating funel; miscible liquids: ________________

Answer 1

Different separation techniques are present depending on the property of the substances to be separated.

• Distillation is a technique of separating miscible liquids having boiling point difference greater than ${25}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{C}$.
• Miscible liquids are liquids that are miscible with each other, that will form separate layers on mixing.
• In the process of distillation, the mixture to be separated taken in a distillation flask and heated.
• The liquid with lower boiling point vaporises and pass through the condenser, condensed and collected in the receiver.
• When the temperature is raised, liquid with higher boiling point vaporises then and condenses and collected in another beaker.
• Mixture of acetone and water separated using simple distillation where the boiling point of acetone is ${56}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{C}$ and water is ${100}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{C}$

Therefore, miscible liquids can be separated by distillation. i.e miscible liquids: distillation