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Distillation
* boils water to form steam that is then cooled and condensed to form pure water
  - is then cooled and then recondensed
* commonly used method of on-site recovery.
* controlled process commonly used in chemistry to separate mixtures of liquids.
* eliminates all harmful tap water contaminants.
* has many applications.
* involves boiling water and collecting the vapor
  - then collecting the vapor as it condenses back to water
  - the process of vaporizing water by boiling it
* is an action
* is an effective process for producing highly treated drinking water
  - water treatment technology for household and commercial use
  - another technique to separate mixtures
  - as old as the earth
  - both an art and a science
* is considered the most advanced of water treatment techniques
  - very effective over time because it requires water to boil
  - natural processes
  - notable for a number of accidents involving peroxidizable chemicals it has caused
* is one of the most effective types of demineralization
  - oldest, most effective types of demineralization
  - separatings
* is the most effective method for removing minerals from water
  - of water purification
  - widely used separation process in the chemical industry
  - oldest and most common desalination process in use
* is the process in which water is boiled, evaporated and the vapour condensed
  - of boiling and cooling a liquid to purify it
  - used to make beverages with a higher alcohol content
  - single most effective method of water purification
  - technique used most frequently to purify liquids
  - therefore a process for the separation of substances according to their volatility
* means heating the water until it boils and turns into steam.
* occurs in old copper stills, while small oak barrels are used for aging the spirit
  - two modes, continuous distillation and batch distillation
* process by which a liquid can be purified
  - of filtration by which water is boiled
* process that relies on evaporation to purify water
  - separates two or more combined substances through heating
* produces clean water by evaporating the water from the input and condensing the steam.
* reduces heavy metals, but through the same process also removes beneficial minerals.
* removes oxygen and some trace metals from water.
* separates chemicals by the difference in how easily they vaporize
  - out the ethanol so that it becomes more concentrated
  - substances based on their volatility
  - the alcohol in great part from the water
* uses steam to evaporate the essential oils from the plant.
* works because lighter molecules are a little quicker to evaporate
  - best for purifying compounds that are liquids at room temperature
+ Still: Tools
  * A 'still' is a tool used to clean a liquid. It does this by first boiling the liquid and turning it into a gas. This gas is then cooled, changing it back into liquid. Stills get their name from the word di'still'ation. Distillation is the process of boiling and cooling a liquid to purify it. Stills are most often used to create alcohol, but they can also be used with any liquid. Some examples are medicines and perfumes.

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Binary distillation
* separates two chemicals.
* separation of only two chemicals.

Steam distillation
* destroys or reduces many valuable components in essential oils.
* is the common method employed for the production of oil
  - preferred method of extracting oil
* produces no allicin , but converts alliin entirely to diallyl sulfides.
* provides the purest water available, leaving the impurities behind.
* refers to the distillation of two immiscible liquids.
* turns the spice into liquid form.

Water distillation
* can remove chemicals, heavy metals, salts, and other contaminants.
* is an effective process for producing highly treated drinking water.

Diuretic action
* is through stimulation of the glomerulus with little excretion of sodium.
* occurs in the kidney.