Question

Explain steam distillation.

Answer 1

Steam distillation is a special type of distillation (a separation process) for temperature sensitive materials like natural aromatic compounds. ... Separation by distillation at the normal (1 atmosphere) boiling points is not an option, so water or steam is introduced into thedistillation apparatus.

Answer 2

steam distillation: it is a method in purification technique of organic compounds, .the compound should be steam volatile and should be not dissolved in water. it posses a vapour pressure of 10-15mm hg at 373K .
the impurity should be non volatile.

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