steam distillation

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steam distillation [′stēm ‚dis·tə′lā·shən]

(chemical engineering)

A distillation in which vaporization of the volatile constituents of a liquid mixture takes place at a lower temperature by the introduction of steam directly into the charge; steam used in this manner is known as open steam. Also known as steam stripping.

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