The distillation technique most suited for separating glycerol from spent - lye in the soap industry is:

The distillation technique most suited for separating glycerol from spent - lye in the soap industry is:
  1. Steam distillation
  2. Distillation under reduced pressure
  3. Simple distillation
  4. Fractional distillation

Solution

Glycerol (B.P. 290oC ) is separated from spent - lye in the soap industry by distillation under reduced pressure, as for simple distillation very high temperature is required which might decompose the component.

Asked in: JEE Main 2016 (03 Apr)

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