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- noun A
substance used to force adistillate in adistillation , as it has a boiling point more than that of the substance to be extracted and less than that of the impurities. It is rarely used but mostly withfractional distillation when column packing is used. As itvapourises it heats the column packing and causes the trapped fluid to rise over.
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