What is distillation and their types?

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Distillation is a process of separating components of a liquid mixture based on differences in boiling points.

Distillation involves heating the liquid mixture to create vapor, then cooling the vapor to collect the separated components.
Types of distillation include simple distillation, fractional distillation, and steam distillation.
Simple distillation is used for separating components with significantly different boiling points, while fractional distillation is used for closer boiling point components.
Steam distillation is commonly used for extracting essential oils from plants.
Distillation is widely used in industries such as chemical, pharmaceutical, and beverage production.

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