Fractionation vs Extraction - What's the difference?
fractionation | extraction |
(chemistry) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient.
(cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
A person's origin or ancestry.
Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
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(military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
As nouns the difference between fractionation and extraction
is that fractionation is a separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient while extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.fractionation
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Noun
- Methane is separated from other hydrocarbons in a gas fractionation plant.
External links
* (wikipedia "fractionation")extraction
English
Noun
(en noun)- They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.