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Definition of Azeotrope
1. Noun. (context: physical chemistry physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Azeotrope
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Azeotrope
1. A mixture of two or more liquids that boils without change in proportion of the liquids, either in the liquid or the vapor phase; e.g., 95% ethanol (actually 94.9% by volume, the rest being water). Origin: G. A-priv. + zeein, to boil, + tropos, a turning (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Azeotrope
Literary usage of Azeotrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nuclear Production of Hydrogen: Second Information Exchange Meeting, Argonne by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"The crest line, locus of the maximum bubble points, joins the pure I2
point (T=359.17°C) to the binary azeotrope H2O-HI(T=245.13°C). ..."
2. Nuclear Production of Hydrogen: Third Information Exchange Meeting, Oarai by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (2006)
"It is noticed that the vapour pressure of HI over HIx solution steeply increases
right after the azeotrope compositon [9]. Accordingly, the thermal burden ..."
3. Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Production edited by Karl Verfondern (2007)
"This separation is the most critical phase and difficult because of the partial
decomposition into H2 and \2 and the presence of an azeotrope in the ternary ..."
4. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... anemia anemia that occurs in some autoimmune diseases azeotrope a mixture of
two liquids that boils without change in proportion of the two liquids, ..."
5. Recycling and Reuse of Material Found on Superfund Sites by Lawrence Smith, Jeffrey Means (1994)
"Contaminant components that have lower boiling points than the solvent or that
form an azeotrope with the solvent cannot be separated (without fractionation ..."
6. RREL Hazardous Waste Research Symposium: Abstract Proceedings, 19th Annual (1993)
"The solvent and steam form an azeotrope which is directed to a condenser.
Dry solids, with a moisture content of about 5 weight percent, are then discharged ..."
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