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Is Matter Around Us Pure

Question
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How will you separate a mixture containing kerosene and petrol (difference in their boiling points is more than  25 degree straight C), which are miscible with each other?

Solution

We can separate a mixture containing kerosene and petrol by simple distillation because kerosene and petrol do not decompose on heating and their boiling points are sufficiently apart. The apparatus used for the simple distillation is given below.