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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or employing an
azeotrope
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Examples
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Its key advantage, says George Jackson, professor of chemical physics, is the ability to predict very accurately the behaviour of complex strongly-associating systems such as azeotropic refrigerant mixtures, aqueous solutions of non-ionic surfactants and strong electrolyte solutions, as well as high molecular weight components such as polymer-gas systems.
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In comparing extraction methods, it was found that the azeotropic mixture of methanol and methyl tertiary-butyl ether was efficient and simple.
4 What's in a Neem 1992
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Alcohol and water have an affinity for each other and form what's called an azeotropic mixture, which means the water is hesitant to let go of the alcohol, even though the alcohol wants to become steam.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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a Sum of distillation to azeotrope and azeotropic distillation
3 Ethanol Production 1983
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