The figure shows two laboratory set-ups, X and Y, used to purify organic liquids. Two statements about them are given below. Statement I: Set-up X is used when the liquids of a mixture boil at close temperatures, as for the fractions of crude oil; the higher boiling part condenses in the column and runs back. Statement II: In set-up Y, the organic liquid distils over only when the flask reaches the boiling point of that liquid, because the steam only brings heat into the flask.
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