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Aim :
To study how ideal mixtures are separated in the laboratory and the principles involved in
fractional distillation.
Learning Outcomes :
Underlying Principles
Differentiation
Questions in the student notes are designed to enable all students to complete the activity.
The pop-up answers are provided for the students to view when they have considered their
responses. Worksheet questions include questions that require recall, understanding and
application of the new concepts learned.
1.1 a.
thermometer
glass beads
condenser
water in
mixture
heat
b. The glass beads provide a large surface area for condensation and
vaporisation to take place in the fractionating column.
1.2 a. 80 oC
d. 100% B or pure B
110
105
vapour
Temperature/oC 100
95
liquid
90
85
80
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
1
Mole fraction of P
b. Pure Q