By mistake, an alcohol (boiling point 97°C) was mixed with a hydrocarbon (boiling point 68°C). Suggest a suitable method to separate the two compounds. Explain the reason for your choice.
As an alcohol and hydrocarbon mixed together do not have much difference in the boiling point, and also the alcohol easily catches the fire, hence the suitable method for the separation would be the “Steam Distillation”.
As the Steam distillation is a type of distillation, which is specially done for the purification of the temperature sensitive material, hence, it will be the best fit method.