a) By fractional distillation - yes.
b) Not necessarily. Cracking a long chain alkane may just give you a long change alkene (which is likely to be liquid) and hydrogen, for example.
c) Branched hydrocarbons have weaker van der waals forces of attraction hence lower boiling points.
mmm, what points should be mentioned for part a) to gain the 3 marks?
b) The question says explain the statement in terms of IMF, so how would you answer that?
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another question, do we need to study the procedure, the equations and the calculations method for the iodine-thiosulfate titrations like
-Finding the purity of potassium Iodate (V)
-Finding the % of Copper in Brass
-Finding the concentration of domestic bleach