You have a mixture of three liquids $A$,$B$,and $C$. There is a large difference in the boiling points of $A$ and the rest of the two liquids,i.e.,$B$ and $C$. The boiling points of liquids $B$ and $C$ are quite close. Liquid $A$ boils at a higher temperature than $B$ and $C$,and the boiling point of $B$ is lower than that of $C$. How will you separate the components of the mixture?

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(N/A) The order of boiling points is $A \gg C > B$.
The boiling point of liquid $A$ is much higher than those of liquids $B$ and $C$,whose boiling points are quite close. Therefore,we can separate the mixture of $B$ and $C$ from $A$ by simple distillation.
During distillation,the mixture of $B$ and $C$ will distill together at a lower temperature,leaving behind liquid $A$ in the flask. On further heating,liquid $A$ will distill separately. The components $B$ and $C$ can then be separated from each other using fractional distillation,as their boiling points are close.

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