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Components of a binarey mixture of two liquids A and B were being separted by distillation. After some time separation of components stopped and composition of vapour phase vecame same as that of liquid phase. Both the components stated coming in the distillate. Explain why this happened ?

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When the copsition of a sbinary mizture of two liquids A and B in the liquid state and in the vapour phase in the same, the mixture is known as azenotropic mixtue, In any axetropic mixture, the compoinents connot be separeted any more. For details, consults section 7.
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