Question

The boiling point of cooking oil is about 300 °C. If you wanted to separate ethyl acetate from another organic solvent other than cooking oil, rather than oil, what would you do differently?

Answer 1

Organic solvents generally will have lower boiling points, hence it is better to perform fractional distillation method. It depends on the composition of the solvent mixture. If they don't react with each other on heating or do not form any azeotropes then, [in this case we cannot seperate them completely rather we will end up with proportionality mixture] separation by fractional distillation is one of the best choice. Simple distillation is possible if difference between boiling points at leat 25 degree celsius.

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