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When you distill alcohol and water which will vaporize and go to the condenser first? Why?​

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Since the alcohol concentration in the vapor has not reached equilibrium, its vapor pressure causes it to evaporate out of the liquid, and water condenses out of the vapor. These two processes must happen simultaneously, because the first (the vaporization) requires heat and the second (condensation) produces heat.

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