Question

Vegetable oils are extracted from oilseeds by a method called fractional distillation.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• Vegetable oils are extracted from oilseeds by a method called steam distillation.

Steam distillation:

• It is a separation method for temperature-sensitive substances.
• Steam distillation is used to purify liquids that are not very volatile and are immiscible with water.
• Therefore, the statement vegetable oils are extracted from oilseeds by a method called fractional distillation is false.