Distillation

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Introduction

Summary

Distillation is a very old and common process used to separate the substances composing a liquid  mixture. When the mixture is heated, the constituents vaporize according to their respective boiling temperatures. A receiving flask collects the distillate, produced by condensing the vapor.
Distillation can be used to purify substances, and to obtain:

• gasoline from crude oil
• essential oils from flowers, as in a lavender mash
• alcohol from fermented fruits or grains.

Goals

• To illustrate the steps in the distillation process.


• To label these steps.

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Distillation condenser essential-oil hydrosol hydrolat distillate