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Fractionation   Listen
noun
fractionation  n.  
1.
The act or process of separating a mixture into portions of different composition, as in distillation or fractional crystallization.
Synonyms: fractional process.
2.
(Petroleum industry) Separation of crude oil into components of differing composition by fractional distillation.





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"Fractionation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the fractionation of tribes seems to have gone further than elsewhere, unless we suppose that we have here an area, where, as in California, pressure from without has crowded together the remnants of many tribes. Although it is not obvious how the multiplication of distinct tribes ...
— Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia • Northcote W. Thomas
... Queensland the fractionation of tribes seems to have gone further than elsewhere, unless we suppose that we have here an area, where, as in California, pressure from without has crowded together the remnants of many tribes. Although it is not obvious how the multiplication of ...
— Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia • Northcote W. Thomas
... obtained from the first fractionation had the melting point at 75 deg.-76 deg., indicating an acid either in carbon then ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 • Various


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