JERRY BARRO JR. BSED SCIENCE 1C ………….,………………………………………..

CHEM 207

DISTILLATION

Distillation is the separation of a combination of two or more liquids with differing boiling points known as
"components". One of the components of the combination is heated to the point where it boils and condenses as a vapor.
The vapor is then sent through a condenser, which cools it and converts it to a liquid called distillate. "Residue" refers to
what's left in the initial container. This is not a chemical reaction, but rather a physical separation process. To improve
separation, fractional distillation using a distillation column with more than two outputs may be utilized. The very earliest
experimenters seem to have utilized the distillation technique.

Distillation is the separation of a combination of two or more liquids with differing boiling points known as
"components". One of the components of the combination is heated to the point where it boils and condenses as a vapor.
The vapor is then sent through a condenser, which cools it and converts it to a liquid called distillate. "Residue" refers to
what's left in the initial container. This is not a chemical reaction, but rather a physical separation process. To improve
separation, fractional distillation using a distillation column with more than two outputs may be utilized. The very earliest
experimenters seem to have utilized the distillation technique.

The Babylonians of Mesopotamia were known to employ distillation. Distillation is said to have been utilized to
create perfumes at one time. Beverage distillation took place considerably later. Beginning in the 12th century, distillation
of alcoholic drinks appears to be popular in Italy and China Many commercial processes employ distillation, including the
manufacture of gasoline, distilled water, xylene, alcohol, paraffin, kerosene, and a variety of other liquids. It is possible to
liquefy and segregate gases. Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon, for example, are distilled from air.

Simple distillation, fractional distillation, in which various volatile 'fractions' are collected as they are generated, and
destructive distillation, in which a substance is heated such that it decomposes into components for collection, are all
examples of distillation.