Azeotrope
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Azeotrope is a noun meaning To create a mixture of this kind.
Meaning
To create a mixture of this kind.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
As the boiling point of HCl–H₂O azeotrope is lower than that of azeotrope (HNO₃–H₂O), hydrochloric acid can be eliminated efficiently by successive evaporations with nitric acid.
When a ternary azeotrope does exist, the curves intersect at the same point. The presence of a unitary azeotrope curve is not a prerequisite for the generation of a ternary azeotrope.
Word Forms
- azeotropes
- azeotroping
- azeotroped
Related Words
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