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Explain why an orgainc liquid vaporises below its boiling point when it undergoes steam distillation.

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Solution :In STEAM distillation, sum of the vapour pressure of WATER and orgainc liquid become equal to the atmospheirc pressure. This means that both of them distill at a pressure much LOWER than the atmospheric pressure, i.e. both of them will vapourise at a tamperature which is LESS than their normal boiling POINTS.


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