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Destructive distillation
Meaning
Noun
●
In Chemistry:
The
heating
of a
material
, such as
coal
or
wood
, in an
inert
atmosphere
, at a high
temperature
such
as to
cause
decomposition
; the
principal
products include
oils
and
tars
from which many
useful
organic compounds
may be
obtained
;
town gas
and
coke
were
obtained
in this way.
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