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QJEEM24Chfa2a: JEE Main 2024 Chemistry - Class 11 JEEM24Chfa2a Solution: The fragrance of flowers is due to the presence of some steam…
The fragrance of flowers is due to the presence of some steam volatile organic compounds called essential oils. These are generally insoluble in water at room temperature but are miscible with water vapour in vapour phase. A suitable method for the extraction of these oils from the flowers is -
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- A distillation
- B steam distillation
- C distillation under reduced pressure
- D crystallisation
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Steam distillation technique is applied to separate substances which are steam volatile and are immiscible with water.