Steam Distillation of a Mixture of Hydrocarbons
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Consider a binary mixture of the hydrocarbons -octane and -dodecane. The normal boiling point of this mixture is well above 100° C. However, if one adds water to the mixture, it is possible to separate the hydrocarbons at temperatures below 100° C by a method known as steam distillation.
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Contributed by: Housam Binous (March 2011)
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