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1. Why do chemical engineers need to separate mixtures of liquids?

 Chemical engineer needs to separate mixtures of liquids, because to recover
the wanted one in as pure a state as possible
2. What is the principle on which ditillation is based?
 It is based on the principle that if a mixture of liquid is heated, some of the
ingredients will evaparate faster than others and this property can be used to
effect a separation
3. Give an example binary ditillation.
4. What kind of liquids are easy to separate by distillation?

Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Some solid mixtures are made up of different crystals. Most rocks are mixtures.
Granite rock is (A) commonly used for buildings and roads, and you can easily see the
different crystals in the rock. (C) Elements can be easily separated into pure substances. This
process is called (D) purification. It is done by using phyical methods without chemical
reactions.

Sand is used to make cement. The sand from beaches by the sea is mixed with salt.
(A) dirty sand cannot be used to make sand. The sand must first be purified by removing the
salt. This is done by washing the sand with (C) water. The salt dissolve in the water. This
produces a mixture of solid sand and salt water. The sand can then be separated from the salt
water by (C) distillation.

Sentences :

 This is one of the most commonly used methods.

 The interior has recently been extensively restored.
 Lastly, we might note the apparent similarity of this exercise to the traditional exercise of
precis, the shortening of texts.
 Industry rarely thrives under government control.
 Flammable liquids shall be stored in the steel locker.
 Oxygen and carbon monoxide are two gases.
 The elements had been ruthless.
 Combine the two mixtures, beating until smooth, then add the result to the.
 Distillation at a lower temperature avoids the risk of thermal decomposition.
 The windows were misted up with condensation.
 Be careful not to lose too much liquid by evaporation.
 A tremendous amount of work has been done on the purification of the starting material.
 Sunlight barely penetrated the dirty windows.
 Some customers complained about the salty aftertaste.
 Oily water glittered through gaps in the teak boards as we climbed the gangplank.
 The air inside was rank with the fishy oils of stewing porpoise.
 Most wines contain between 10% and 15% alcohol.
 The oil well extended several hundreds of feet in depth.
 No safe wading in an unknown water
 The powder immediately ignited and set off a chain reaction of explosions.
 The filtration system provides the crew with clean air free from fumes.
 Oxidation acts as a weathering process in two distinct ways.
 Water extraction from permafrost by distillation seems rather straight forward.
 Possible cause would be crystallisation or sweat back of the earlier printed ink.