What is distillation and fractional distillation? What is the basic property that separates the two methods?
The process of distillation is used for separating the components of a mixture containing two liquids, having different boiling points and both liquids boil without decomposition. The process of fractional distillation is used for separating the components of a mixture containing more than two liquids having boiling point difference less than 25 K. The basic property that separates these two methods is: Using distillation we can separate only those components which have a significant difference in their boiling points. While fraction distillation is used when the difference in boiling points is less.
