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The fragrance of flowers is due to the presence of some stem volatile organic compounds called essential oils. These are generally insoluble in water at room temperature but are miscible with water vapour in vapour phase. Suitable method for the extraction of these oils from the flowers is

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a

Distillation under reduced pressure

b

Crystallisation

c

Distillation

d

Steam distillation

answer is D.

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As the component is miscible with water vapour in vapour phase so steam distillation will be most suitable method for extraction.

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