2023 · Q51
The method used in separating a mixture of two miscible liquids having sufficient difference in their boiling points is:
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- AFiltration
- BSolvent Extraction
- CCentrifugation
- DSimple Distillation
Explanation
Simple distillation separates two miscible liquids whose boiling points differ sufficiently: the mixture is heated, the lower-boiling liquid vaporises first, and its vapours are condensed and collected separately. Filtration separates insoluble solids from liquids, solvent extraction partitions a solute between two immiscible solvents, and centrifugation separates components by density. Hence simple distillation is the method used.