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Oxygen is prepared by the fractional dis...

Oxygen is prepared by the fractional distillation of

A

Water

B

Liquid air

C

Hydrogen peroxide

D

Heavy water.

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The correct Answer is:
B
Liquid air is a mixture of mostly liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen and the difference in their boiling points is about `12.8^(@)C`. So these two are easily separated by fractional evaporation when nitrogen being more volatile escapes first.
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