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Offline thomas33

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Distillation at 3 Fahrenheit difference in boiling point?
« on: April 06, 2018, 02:42:48 AM »
I am trying to separate Ethanol from methyl ethyl ketone.

The difference in boiling point is 3 Fahrenheit, Methyl ethyl ketone has the higher.

Can I separate them with a vigeroux column?

Any suggestion on how to get a complete separation without traces/residues of one another in each other?

Thank

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Re: Distillation at 3 Fahrenheit difference in boiling point?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2018, 09:18:36 AM »
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5453166

Just thought I’d add a patent as well

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Re: Distillation at 3 Fahrenheit difference in boiling point?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2018, 03:34:29 PM »
Try azeotropic separation with an entrainer.  Look it up!
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