In this experiment fractional distillation was used to separate a 1:1 mixture of Ethyl acetate and Butyl acetate. Fractional distillation is a method used to separate mixtures of compounds that have boiling points. Gas chromatography, (a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating compounds) was used to determine if the separation of the two components were successfully separated. The separation is based on the differences in the boiling points of the liquids in the mixture, Ethyl acetate Butyl acetate. This type of distillation can be considered a series of simple distillations in which the vaporization and condensation occurs in a single distillation column. Equilibrium between the liquid and vapor phases has
