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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 11 - 8.3. Organic chemistry purification and characterization

The distillation technique most suited for separating glycerol from spent-lye in the soap industry is:

  1. A Steam distillation.
  2. B Distillation under reduced pressure.
  3. C Simple distillation
  4. D Fractional distillation
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(B) Distillation under reduced pressure.

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Spent-lye and glycerol are separated by distillation under reduced pressure. Under the reduced pressure the liquid boil at low temperature and the temperature of decomposition will not reach. e.g. glycerol boils at \(290^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) with decomposition but at reduced…
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