Distillation
Process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation.
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Separation process
Method that converts a mixture or solution of chemical substances into two or more distinct product mixtures.
In the case of oil refining, crude is subjected to a long series of individual distillation steps, each of which produces a different product or intermediate.
Condensation
Reverse of vaporization.
Condensation is a crucial component of distillation, an important laboratory and industrial chemistry application.
Volatility (chemistry)
Material quality which describes how readily a substance vaporizes.
When the vapors are collected, this process is known as distillation.
Desalination
Process that takes away mineral components from saline water.
Desalination processes are usually driven by either thermal (in the case of distillation) or mechanical (e.g. in the case of reverse osmosis) energy types.
Fractional distillation
Separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions.
It uses distillation to fractionate.
Oil refinery
Industrial process plant where petroleum is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha.
Oil refineries are typically large, sprawling industrial complexes with extensive piping running throughout, carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units, such as distillation columns.
Fuel
Any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.
Crude oil was distilled by Persian chemists, with clear descriptions given in Arabic handbooks such as those of Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi.
Retort
In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.
Dry distillation
Heating of solid materials to produce gaseous products .
If there are no chemical changes, just phase changes, it resembles classical distillation, although it will generally need higher temperatures.
Distilled water
Water that has been boiled into vapor and condensed back into liquid in a separate container.
One method of removing impurities from water and other fluids is distillation.