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Provide the Mechanism when 50% Methanol/Water solution is used in simple distillation to extract the Methanol. Please outline the process in the appropriate structure form.

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The simple distillation to exact methanol is examined.The solution outlines the process in 150-250 words.

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MECHANISM:

When several volatile substances are to be separated from one another, the fractional distillation is used. In the fractional distillation, the separtaion process is accomplished in one operation by introducing a distilling column between the distilling flask and the ...

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