Definition of Fractionator

1. Noun. (chemistry) A piece of chemical engineering apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation ¹

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Definition of Fractionator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fractionator

fractionalization
fractionalize
fractionalized
fractionalizes
fractionalizing
fractionally
fractionals
fractionary
fractionate
fractionated
fractionates
fractionating
fractionating column
fractionation
fractionations
fractionator (current term)
fractionators
fractioned
fractioning
fractions
fractious
fractiously
fractiousness
fractiousnesses
fractogram
fractographic
fractographical
fractography
fracts
fractur

Literary usage of Fractionator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Model VFC fractionator . with 100 tubes. ... *lf you want the ultimate in small size, ask about our Mini-Escargot fractionator. Over-all dimensions are ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"MODEL FC-220 WITH CONTROL BOX AND SHUT-OFF VALVE MOUNTED ON MAST THE GILSON RACE TRACK fractionator FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Here are the COLD ROOM facts: ..."

3. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"... which does not have an internal fractionator, and reported that the cutpoint was approximately 30 pm AD at a wind speed of 8 kilometers per hour. ..."

4. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Use is generally made of a copper vessel of the form and dimensions indicated (in millimetres) in Fig, 38, a six-bulb Le Bel-Henninger fractionator, ..."

5. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1895)
"I am able to show the design of a small fractionator, which I am at ... In many respects, it is like the Le Bel fractionator, and is expected to yield ..."

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