fractional distillationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌfræk.ʃən.əl dɪs.tɪˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌfræk.ʃən.əl dɪs.təˈleɪ.ʃən/specializedthe chemical process of separating different substances that have different boiling points by heating a liquid mixture until it turns into gas and then cooling and collecting each substance separately
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- acceptor
- allotrope
- amphiprotic
- amphoteric
- atomic
- atomicity
- balanced equation
- catalyst
- distilled water
- double bond
- electrolyte
- equation
- inorganic chemistry
- ionic bond
- nonelectrolyte
- organic chemistry
- reactivity
- solute
- stably
- the nitrogen cycle
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- In this fractional distillation a vast variety of products are now obtained.
- The ethers are returned as ethyl acetate, but from fractional distillation amyl acetate was found to be present.
- This apparatus was the forerunner of that used to-day, for effecting the separation of liquids which boil at different temperatures, by the process called fractional distillation.