What physical property of hydrocarbons is used for fractionation?

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anor277
Nov 16, 2017

Well their normal boiling points....their volatility.

Explanation:

See [this old answer.](https://socratic.org/questions/why-pentane-is-distilled-off-first-when-a-liquid-mixture-containing-pentane-hept#306081) And also [see here for an answer to a similar question to this one.](https://socratic.org/questions/what-property-allows-crude-oil-to-be-separated-by-fractional-distillation?source=search)

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