Knock out the azeotrope myths

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Three of these claims about azeotropes are false.

   Choices

   1. Item

      Fractional distillation cannot split one

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      Large positive deviation forms the minimum boiling azeotrope

      Item

      Positive deviation boils at a maximum

   3. Explanation

      syllabus places nitric acid and water in the maximum boiling class

      Item

      Nitric acid + water boil at a minimum

   4. Explanation

      Azeotropes are binary mixtures with a fixed boiling composition

      Item

      An azeotrope is a single pure compound

Instructions

Tap each claim you can prove false. The true one stays put.

Explanation