Question

A student wants to acetone and water from their mixture. The boiling temperature of acetone is higher than the boiling temperature of water. Which technique should she perform?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distillation can be employed to get back the acetone, since acetone is more volatile it will separate out first.

(Distillation is a process that can be used to separate a pure liquid from a mixture of liquids. It works when the liquids have different boiling points. Distillation is commonly used to separate ethanol - the alcohol in alcoholic drinks - from water. The mixture is heated in a flask.)