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Q. It is possible to obtain oxygen from air by fractional distillation because

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Oxygen gas is prepared by fractional distillation of air. During this process, dinitrogen with less boiling point (78 K) distills as vapours while dioxygen with higher boiling point (90 K) remains in the liquid state and can be separated.