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Question
Suggest a suitable technique to separate the constituents of the following mixtures. Also give the reason for selecting the particular method.
Water and alcohol
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Solution
Technique used to separate water and Alcohol is Fractional Distillation.
Because in this method, the vapours of water is left behind in the original vessel as the alcohol boils at lower temperature than water. Thus these two liquids can be separated.
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