noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
fractional distillation; fractionation
Technical term in chemistry; abbreviation of 分別蒸留. Used as a noun or with する for the process of separating liquid mixtures by boiling point.
See also: 分別蒸留
原油を分留してガソリンや軽油を得る。
Crude oil is fractionally distilled to obtain gasoline and diesel oil.
We fractionate the mixed liquid with this apparatus.