The first few drops of the distillate called foreruns are discarded.This is a good practice because Question options: foreruns are contaminated by a dirty glassware foreruns contain low boiling impurities sacrificing foreruns has been a tradition for ages of distillation practice foreruns always contain water from moisture

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The first few drops of the distillate called foreruns are discarded.
This is a good practice because

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	foreruns are contaminated by a dirty glassware
	foreruns contain low boiling impurities

	sacrificing foreruns has been a tradition for ages of distillation practice
	foreruns always contain water from moisture

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