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Is it possible to carry out steam distillation at a temperature higher than 100℃ at 1 atm? Why?

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No because the boiling point of water is 100 C at 1 atmosphere pressure. The temperature at the boiling point will not increase until all of the liquid has been boiled away or until the pressure is increased above 1 atmosphere.

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