Distillation
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Distillation:
Imagine trying to find your favorite pair of socks from a pile of laundry. Just like you separate your socks from the rest of the clothes by picking them out one by one, distillation separates substances in a liquid mixture by evaporating and condensing them based on their different boiling points. In this analogy, the pile of laundry represents the liquid mixture, each piece of clothing represents a different substance, and the act of sorting through it to find your socks is like using evaporation and condensation to isolate specific components.
Practice Version
Distillation: The separation of substances in a liquid mixture by evaporating it and condensing the vapor. Distillation. Distillation is a process used to purify or separate liquids by heating them to create vapor and then cooling the vapor back into a liquid.