Reflux vs. Distillation

Refluxnoun

The backwards flow of any fluid.

Refluxnoun

(chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.

Refluxnoun

(pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.

Refluxverb

To flow back or return.

Refluxverb

To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser

Refluxadjective

Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

Refluxnoun

A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.

Refluxnoun

an abnormal backward flow of body fluids

Refluxnoun

the outward flow of the tide

Reflux

Reflux is a technique involving the condensation of vapors and the return of this condensate to the system from which it originated. It is used in industrial and laboratory distillations.

Distillationnoun

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

Distillationnoun

That which falls in drops.

Distillationnoun

The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

Distillationnoun

Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.

Distillationnoun

(petroleum) Separation into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.

Distillationnoun

The substance extracted by distilling.

Distillationnoun

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

Distillationnoun

That which falls in drops.

Distillationnoun

The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

Distillationnoun

The substance extracted by distilling.

Distillationnoun

the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

Distillationnoun

a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling

Distillation

Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation. Dry distillation is the heating of solid materials to produce gaseous products (which may condense into liquids or solids).