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A fraction in chemistry is a quantity collected from a sample or batch of a substance during fractional distillation i.e. where a mixture is separated into different parts called fractions. A fraction can be defined as a group of chemicals that have similar boiling points.

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Mathematics

A number usually expressed as the ratio of two numbers in the form a/b. A fraction represents a number of equal smaller parts of a whole.

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A chemical component separated by fractionation, a distillation process to separate compounds by their boiling points. Commonly used in petrochemicals.

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the fractions used in chemistry are mole fraction , molerity , molelity moles etc

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