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• reflux condenser — n a condenser usu. placed upright so that the condensed vapors flow back into the distilling flask and continued boiling of easily volatile substances is possible with little loss from evaporation …   Medical dictionary

• Reflux — This article is about using reflux in chemical engineering and chemistry. For the reflux of stomach acids, see articles on heartburn, acid indigestion, and gastroesophageal reflux. For the reflux of urine, see vesicoureteral reflux. Reflux is a… …   Wikipedia

• reflux condenser — noun condenser such that vapor over a boiling liquid is condensed and flows back into the vessel to prevent its contents from boiling dry • Hypernyms: ↑condenser * * * noun : a condenser usually placed upright so that the condensed vapors flow… …   Useful english dictionary

• reflux — [ ri:flʌks] noun 1》 Chemistry the process of boiling a liquid so that any vapour is liquefied and returned to the stock. 2》 technical the flowing back of a bodily fluid. verb 1》 Chemistry boil under reflux. 2》 technical (of a bodily fluid) flow… …   English new terms dictionary

• reflux — n. & v. n. 1 a backward flow. 2 Chem. a method of boiling a liquid so that any vapour is liquefied and returned to the boiler. v.tr. & intr. Chem. boil or be boiled under reflux …   Useful english dictionary

• reflux condenser — noun a water cooled, double walled piece of laboratory glassware that is fitted on top of a vessel of boiling liquid such that vapour condenses and flows back into the vessel, preventing the contents from boiling dry …   Wiktionary

• reflux condenser — /riflʌks kənˈdɛnsə/ (say reefluks kuhn densuh) noun a condenser attached to a vessel containing a boiling liquid so that the condensed vapour flows back into the vessel, thus preventing it from boiling dry …  

• Distillation — Distiller and Distillery redirect here. For other uses, see Distiller (disambiguation) and Distillery (disambiguation). For other uses, see Distillation (disambiguation). Laboratory display of distillation: 1: A heating device 2: Still pot 3:… …   Wikipedia

• Continuous distillation — Image 1: Typical industrial distillation towers Image 2: A crude oil vacuum distillation column as used in oil refineries …   Wikipedia

• Fractional distillation — is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions, such as in separating chemical compounds by their boiling point by heating them to a temperature at which several fractions of the compound will evaporate. It is a special… …   Wikipedia

• petroleum refining — Introduction  conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha       The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …   Universalium