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What is meant by "steam distillation"? choose the correct option from below. a. A distillation in which the source of heat is steam from a boiling water bath. b. A distillation in which water is added
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What is meant by "steam distillation"? choose the correct option from below.

a. A distillation in which the source of heat is steam from a boiling water bath.
b. A distillation in which water is added to the mixture being distilled so that water and the organic compound(s) vaporize, condense, and are collected together.

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b is the correct option.

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Steam distillation is a distillation in which water is added to the mixture being distilled so that water and the organic compounds vaporize, condense and are collected together. This process is applied for the purification of those materials specially the organic materials which are temperature sensitive. The normal boiling method can not be implemented as these materials starts to decompose on high temperatures. This method has got a lot of applications in industries like petrolium refineries and the oil extraction from some plants etc.

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