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Distillation separating alcohol and water.
Steps:

1. Pour the alcohol/water into a distillation flask.
2. Set the flask on a Bunsen burner.
3. Insert the fractioning column into the flask and insert a thermometer into the top of the fractioning column.
4. Connect a condenser to the thinner end of the fractioning column.
5. Put potassium carbonate into the condenser.
6. Put another flask below the condenser that will capture the alcohol.
7. Connect the Bunsen burner to the gas.
8. Light the flame.
9. Adjust the position of the Bunsen burner until the flame is blue.
10. Wait until there is no more liquid coming from the condenser and the flask is mostly alcohol.