omplete, none of which is practice
at all in the lab or in industry. The approach to solving this dilemma is fractional distillation, which quite simply is simple distillation repeated
in successive cycles in an efficient manner. It
would take upward to 1,000,000 distillations to
reach sufficient separation of components with
similar bp, so to solve this, theoretical teeth are
placed inside the fraction column of the fractional distillation apparatus.
(the equipment is pre-assembled with these teeth)
These theoretical teeth act as condensing
rods in which the fractioning column perfo rms as intended and seperates the
components according to their volatility and boiling
point, which are directly related. This colu
mn creates a temperature gradient in which
the vapors are constantly evaporating and con
densing, known as a Vaporization Cycle. This
cycle purifies and seperates the components
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