Today's Rocket Words: Your 5 words and meanings to learn
evaporation
the process by which a liquid is transformed into a gas or vapor
distillation
a separation process that involves heating a mixture of substances to a temperature at which one or more of the components will vaporise
crystallisation
a process of solidification in which a substance forms a crystalline solid from a liquid or a solid solution
simple distillation
a process of separation and purification that involves heating a mixture of liquids to a temperature at which one or more of the components will vaporise, and then condensing the resulting vapor back into a liquid
fractional distillation
unlike simple distillation, which only allows for the separation of two components with large boiling point differences, fractional distillation involves the repeated vaporisation and condensation of the mixture, allowing for the separation of components with more closely spaced boiling points