pressure still

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pressure still [′presh·ər ‚stil]

(chemical engineering)

A continuous-flow, petroleum-refinery still in which heated oil (liquid and vapor) is kept under pressure so that it will crack (decompose into smaller molecules) to produce lower-boiling products (pressure distillate or pressure naphtha).

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