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destructive distillation

DEFINITIONS OF: destructive distillation

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n heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products

Types:
carbonisation, carbonization
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
Type of:
fractional process, fractionation
a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components
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