azeotrope
azeotrope noun: a mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
Noun
azeotrope (plural azeotropes)
- A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
- The formation of azeotropes due to deviations from Raoult's law was discussed in Section 1.3. An azeotrope is a mixture that, at a given pressure (the azeotropic pressure), boils at a constant temperature (the azeotropic temperature), and has the same composition (the azeotropic composition) in the...1999, Fouad M. Khoury, Predicting the Performance of Multistage Separation Processes, 2nd edition, page 289
- When a ternary azeotrope does exist, the curves intersect at the same point.
- The presence of a unitary azeotrope curve is not a prerequisite for the generation of a ternary azeotrope.1999, Cornel Hagiopol, Copolymerization: Toward a Systematic Approach, page 118
Verb
azeotrope (third-person singular simple present azeotropes, present participle azeotroping, simple past and past participle azeotroped)
- To create a mixture of this kind.
azeotrope meaning in Tamil
azeotrope in Tamil
- கொதிநிலைமாறிலி
Examples of azeotrope in a sentence
- The formation of azeotropes due to deviations from Raoult's law was discussed in Section 1.3.1999, Fouad M. Khoury, Predicting the Performance of Multistage Separation Processes, 2nd edition, page 289:
- As the boiling point of HCl–H₂O azeotrope is lower than that of azeotrope (HNO₃–H₂O), hydrochloric acid can be eliminated efficiently by successive evaporations with nitric acid.2006, Marc Pansu, Jacques Gautheyrou, Handbook of Soil Analysis: Mineralogical, Organic and Inorganic Methods, page 903:
Forms of azeotrope
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | azeotropes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | azeotropes |
| present participle | azeotroping |
| past participle | azeotroped |
| past | azeotroped |
Origin of azeotrope
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “no”) + ζέω (zéō, “to boil”) + τρόπος (trópos, “state”).
Words formed from azeotrope
Questions about azeotrope
- What does azeotrope mean?
- Azeotrope means a mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
- What is azeotrope in Tamil?
- Azeotrope in Tamil is கொதிநிலைமாறிலி. See Azeotrope meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use azeotrope in a sentence?
- The formation of azeotropes due to deviations from Raoult's law was discussed in Section 1.3.
- What part of speech is azeotrope?
- Azeotrope can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of azeotrope?
- The plural of azeotrope is azeotropes.
Words near azeotrope in the dictionary
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