HyperDic: destructive_distillation

English > 1 sense of the expression destructive distillation:
NOUNprocessdestructive distillationheating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products
English > destructive distillation: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaningheating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products.
Narrowercarbonization, carbonisationThe destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
Broaderfractionation, fractional processA process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components

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