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Azeotrope vs Heteroazeotrope - What's the difference?

azeotrope | heteroazeotrope |

As nouns the difference between azeotrope and heteroazeotrope

is that azeotrope is a mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation while heteroazeotrope is a heterogeneous (not completely miscible) azeotrope.

azeotrope

English

(wikipedia azeotrope)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.

    • Related terms

    * azeotropic

    See also

    * eutectic * extractive distillation * salt-effect distillation

    heteroazeotrope

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia heteroazeotrope) (en noun)
  • (physics, chemistry) A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) azeotrope