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      "compare types such as fractional and steam distillation",
      "describe industrial applications",
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                    "text": "What limits separation, such as azeotropes?",
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                    "text": "How is distillation used to produce fresh water?",
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                    "text": "Has someone drunk illicit spirits and developed vision problems or severe illness?",
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                    "text": "Which poison centre or emergency number should be called?",
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    "How should industrial applications be linked?",
    "How should legal status be localised?"
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