Aboard an interstellar research vessel, a botanist discovers an alien nectar that is a homogeneous liquid solution of volatile bio-ethanol and water. To harvest pure bio-ethanol without thermally degrading the remaining heat-sensitive floral enzymes, the engineer must separate these two miscible liquids using their physical properties. Which laboratory method should the engineer employ, and what fundamental property difference enables this separation?

A) Fractional distillation, which exploits the distinct boiling points of the miscible liquids.

B) Filtration, which exploits the difference in molecular particle sizes across a porous membrane.

C) Decantation, which exploits the differences in density between two immiscible liquid layers.

D) Centrifugation, which exploits varying sedimentation rates of suspended insoluble solids.

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