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How would you know if butyl acetate and ethyl acetate separated by distillation? Explain your answer...

How would you know if butyl acetate and ethyl acetate separated by distillation? Explain your answer in detail.

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Ethyl acetate has boiling point 77°C while butyl acetate has boiling point of 126°C.

So lesser the boiling point fasters the evaporation and first boiled & Condensed and Collected first.

Hence butyl acetate is collected lastly while ethyl acetate first.

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