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(R)-(+)- limonene has a boiling point of 176 C. What made it possible to steam distill it at 100C?

- is it because you could have different weights of each one?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_distillation

Note in the reference I posed, "the boiling points are depressed." That's the secret.

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