| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | [OT] Science-talk |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:11:45 +0200 |
the street was...
> Yes, but he was talking about "multi-alkyl-substituted amine
> purification", not water distillation (or making moonshine in a still). I
> must admit, I can't come up with any multi-alkyl-substituted amines off
> the top of my head.
Does that matter? AFAIK the principle behind fractional distillation is
the same regardless of what liquids are involved.
> If fractional distillation is gradual distillation by partial boiling
> point, what is the process whereby you put filter paper into a solution
> and let capillary action carry the lighter molecules to the top called? I
> don't think it has any commercial applications, but we were taught this
> method in chem. 101.
That would be some kind of chromatography, IIRC. I'm not sure about the
name of this particular type of chromatography, though. (It's been around
5 years since I had anything to do with this, so I may be off a bit).
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