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A laboratory distillation apparatus demonstrating desalination of water. In the distillation flask, salt water is boiled to produce water vapour, or steam, while the salt remains in the liquid solution. The vapour rises through the top of the flask and passes into the condenser, which consists of a glass tube within a larger tube. Cold water flows through the space between the tubes, cooling the vapour in the inner tube so that it condenses and flows into the receiving flask.

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