Transactional Distillation Lab Report

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According to PubChem, the boiling point of pure methanol at 1 atm is 64.7°C. Distillation is a liquid separation technique based on boiling points. The experiment performed at a lower pressure would cause a decrease in the boiling point of methanol. Boiling point is defined when the vapor pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure. Thus, decreasing the atmospheric pressure will decrease the boiling point.

2. If you wanted to actually separate methanol and butanol from each other in a mixture, which distillation procedure would give you the best separation? Why?

Fractional distillation is the most accurate method for the distillation of methanol and butanol mixture. Fractional distillation is more accurate as it is, essentially, many

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