Which method is used to purify liquids that decompose at or below their boiling points?
Simple distillation
Fractional distillation
Steam distillation
Vacuum distillation
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Separation of petroleum into its components is mostly done by:
Chromatography
Sublimation
Distillation under reduced pressure
Fractional distillation
In the context of separating a mixture of ortho and para nitrophenols, what makes ortho-nitrophenol more amenable to steam distillation?
Higher molecular weight
Intermolecular hydrogen bonding
Lower melting point
Intramolecular hydrogen bonding
Which technique is most effective for separating a 1:1 mixture of ortho-nitrophenol and para-nitrophenol?
Steam distillation
Sublimation
Chromatography
Simple distillation
Some organic compounds are purified by distillation at low pressure because the compounds are
unstable at high temperatures
volatile at high temperatures
insoluble in water
stable at high temperatures
Fractional distillation is useful in distillation of
Petroleum
Coal-tar
Crude alcohol
All of these
Which is most commonly used to dry organic liquids?
Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate
Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Chloride
Potassium Permanganate
In estimation of nitrogen by Duma's method 1.18 g of an orgainc compound gave 224 mL of at NTP. The percentage of nitrogen in the compound is
20
11.8
47.7
23.7
A mixture containing equal amounts of ortho-nitrophenol and para-nitrophenol needs to be separated. Which of the following separation methods exploits the difference in their volatility due to intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen bonding?
Fractional crystallization
Simple distillation
Steam distillation
Solvent extraction
Anthraquinone is prepared by the oxidation of anthracene by chromic acid. The crude reaction product is usually purified by
Fractional Crystallisation
Distillation
Steam distillation
Sublimation
Steam distillation is based on the fact that vaporisation of organic liquid takes place at
Lower temperature than its boiling point
Higher temperature than its boiling point
Its boiling point
Water and organic liquid both undergo distillation