What does "fractionator" mean?

A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography.

Fractionator

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A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography.

Etymology

From fractionate + -or.

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chemical engineering

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