The longest hydrocarbons have very high boiling points. They leave the column as a hot liquid called bitumen. Shorter hydrocarbon molecules have weaker intermolecular forces and lower boiling ...

The water boils at a higher temperature and so the food cooks more quickly. Fractional distillation is a method for separating a liquid from a mixture of two or more liquids. For example ...

Distillation of Acetone, Methanol, and Ethanol Our former Chemistry Team Lead, Lily Robertson, who was working towards her Ph.D in chemistry, began an acetone recycling program in the chemistry ...