CH-524
Separation and purification
Chemistry · Secondary 3 · Medium · Separation and purification
A student wants to obtain pure ethanol from a mixture of ethanol and water using simple distillation. Ethanol boils at 78 °C and water at 100 °C. As heating continues, how does the concentration of ethanol in the distillation flask change with time?
- It decreases continuously with time.
- It increases continuously with time.
- It stays constant with time.
- It first decreases then increases with time.
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