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    Essential oils are steam volatile organic compounds, responsible for the fragnance of flowers. At room temperature, these are generally insoluble in water but are miscible with water-vapour in vapour phase. The best method for the extraction of these oils from the flower is

    A)  crystallisation   

    B)  distillation

    C)  steam distillation

    D)  distillation under reduced pressure

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Since, essential oils are steam volatile, these are extracted from the flowers by steam distillation.


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