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Chapter 4.6, Problem 6E
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Interpretation:Consequence of vapor pressure of sample to be half of that of citral on amount of distillate required per mole of product should be determined.

Concept introduction:Steam distillation is technique that is used to separate and purify volatile compounds either immiscible or almost immiscible in water. This method makes use of codistillation of mixture of water and other organic liquids. This can also be applied for separation and purification of some organic solids.

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