Distillation vs Sedimentation - What's the difference?
distillation | sedimentation |
The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
That which falls in drops.
(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
The substance extracted by distilling.
* 1599 , , III. v. 104:
The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid
As nouns the difference between distillation and sedimentation
is that distillation is distillation while sedimentation is sedimentation.distillation
English
(wikipedia distillation)Noun
- (Johnson)
- to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.