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What specifically causes the vaporization of the lower boiling liquid on the packing in a fractional distillation

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Fractional distillation works because the various liquids have different points of boiling. When heating the mixture: As they enter a column below their boiling point temperature, vapors condense. Fluid flows from the column

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