Fractionation vs Fractionaldistillation - What's the difference?
fractionation | fractionaldistillation |
(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.
fractionation
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- Methane is separated from other hydrocarbons in a gas fractionation plant.