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What is atmospheric distillation?

What is atmospheric distillation? Correct Answer Separate high boiling fraction of mixture

Atmospheric distillation is used to separate low boiling fraction of mixture whereas vacuum distillation allows the components to be separated easily by lowering the boiling point of a high boiling fraction.

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