ELIF: Why is a thermometer crucial in distillation? The solvent is going to evaporate regardless so what is the point in keeping track of the temperature?
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If you’re distilling two liquids, you want to get it hot, but not to the boiling point of the mixture. This way, the two components will evaporate at different rates, so when you recondense the vapor, you end up with a new liquid that is a higher percentage of the liquid with the lower boiling point
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