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Distillation vs Zeotrope - What's the difference?

distillation | zeotrope |

As nouns the difference between distillation and zeotrope

is that distillation is distillation while zeotrope is (physics|chemistry) a mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase (ie by distillation).

distillation

Noun

  • The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
  • That which falls in drops.
  • (Johnson)
  • (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:
  • to be stopped in, like a strong distillation , with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.

    zeotrope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics, chemistry) A mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase (i.e. by distillation)
  • Derived terms

    *azeotrope *heterozeotrope *homozeotrope *zeotropic

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