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Question
You are given a mixture of iodine in alcohol called tincture iodine. Which method will you use to recover both, iodine as well as alcohol, from this mixture ?
Options
evaporation
simple distillation
fractional distillation
crystallisation
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Solution
simple distillation
In the mixture of iodine and alcohol, both are miscible. So, distillation process is used to recover both the components.
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