Question

The components of liquid air can be separated by fractional distillation.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Air is a homogeneous mixture of different gases like Oxygen $\left({\mathrm{O}}_2\right)$,Nitrogen $\left({\mathrm{N}}_2\right)$ and Argon $\left(\mathrm{Ar}\right)$ which can be separated using fractional distillation.

• To use this method, gaseous air is first converted into liquid air by using low temperature and high pressure as the method can be used for separating a mixture of miscible liquids.

Fractional distillation: It is a technique for separation of a mixture of two miscible liquids which have comparable boiling points i.e., the difference between their boiling points is less than $25\mathrm{K}(<25\mathrm{K})$ where K= Kelvin.

Hence, the given statement is true.