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Q. Ether and benzene can be separated by

Rajasthan PMTRajasthan PMT 2011

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Simple distillation can be used for the separation and purification of a mixture of two or more miscible organic liquids which are sufficiently stable at their boiling points and their boiling points differ by $ 30-50\,\,K $ . The more volatile liquid distils over first while the less volatile liquid distils over afterwards. For example, mixture of ether $ (b.p.308\,\,K) $ and benzene $ (b.p.353\,\,K) $ can be separated by simple distillation.