What is the difference between simple distillation and fractional distillation?

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The difference between simple distillation and fractional distillation.
Simple distillation Fractional distillation
Simple distillation involved heating the liquid mixture to the boiling point and immediately condensing the resulting vapors.
The process of separation of two or more miscible liquids with the difference in their boiling points close to each other into individual components by distillation is called fractional distillation.
Simple distillation is used to separate a mixture of miscible liquids with sufficiently large differences in their boiling points.
Fractional distillation is used when the difference in boiling point is quite less.
It consists of simple apparatus with two flasks and condenser.
It consists of more complex apparatus with a fractionating column.
Example: To purify sea water
Example: Crude oil refining

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Simple distillation	Fractional distillation
Simple distillation involved heating the liquid mixture to the boiling point and immediately condensing the resulting vapors.	The process of separation of two or more miscible liquids with the difference in their boiling points close to each other into individual components by distillation is called fractional distillation.
Simple distillation is used to separate a mixture of miscible liquids with sufficiently large differences in their boiling points.	Fractional distillation is used when the difference in boiling point is quite less.
It consists of simple apparatus with two flasks and condenser.	It consists of more complex apparatus with a fractionating column.
Example: To purify sea water	Example: Crude oil refining