For heat-sensitive compounds, water is first added to the reaction mixture in the "steam" type of this process, and substances whose boiling points differ by less than 25 degrees Celsius can be separated via the more common "fractional" type.
A quantity called theoretical plate number is associated with setups for this process, such as in a Dean-Stark apparatus. Such setups for this process employ a condenser and sometimes a column packed with metal ribbon or glass beads to increase surface area. For heat-sensitive compounds, water is first added to the reaction mixture in the "steam" type of this process, and substances whose boiling points differ by less than 25 degrees Celsius can be separated via the more common "fractional" type. For 10 points, name this process of separating a mixture into its components based on boiling points which is common in the oil-refining industry.
A quantity called theoretical plate number is associated with setups for this process, such as in a Dean-Stark apparatus.
{distillation} [accept {fractional distillation} until “{steam}”]