Suppose you are using distillation to separate cyclohexane and toluene. The boiling point of cyclohexane is oC and the boiling point of toluene is oC. Therefore, the liquid collected first should be Please put an answer in each box.

The boiling point of cyclohexane is 81oC and the boiling point of toluene is 111oC. Therefore the liquid collected first should be

CYCLOHEXANE

Explanation:

In chemistry, there are various separation techniques that can be used to separate the components of a mixture and even isolate each of these components. A typical example of such separation techniques is DISTILLATION. This is a method of separation that makes use of different boiling points of liquids in a mixture. A mixture of any number of liquids could be separated as long as they boil at different temperatures. Example include:

--> mixture of cyclohexane (boiling point is 81°C) and toluene (boiling point is 111°C)

--> mixture of alcohol (boiling point is 78°C) and water (boiling point 100°C).

The process involves heating the mixture of liquids until the more volatile liquid ( that is the one with the lower boiling point) changes to vapour. The vapour is cooled by passing it through a condenser and collected in a liquid form known as distillate.

Therefore in the mixture of cyclohexane and toluene, the liquid collected FIRST should be CYCLOHEXANE.