📚 noun • entry_id 42119
fractionation
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fraccionamiento
A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient; an instance of this process.
After several fractionations, we had a usable product.
Methane is separated from other hydrocarbons in a gas fractionation plant.
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