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What is the advantage of distillation in comparison to evaporation ?

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The advantages of distillation in comparison to evaporation are:

  1. Separation of Components: Distillation separates liquids based on boiling points, while evaporation only removes the solvent, leaving the solute behind.
  2. Collection of Purified Liquid: In distillation, the vapour is condensed back into liquid form, allowing the collection of purified components. Evaporation doesn’t collect the evaporated substance.
  3. Faster & Controlled Process: Distillation is faster and more controlled, allowing precise separation. Evaporation is slower and less controlled.
  4. Separation of Volatile Components: Distillation can separate volatile substances, like in fractional distillation of crude oil. Evaporation cannot effectively separate components.

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