dry distillation

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. destructive distillation.

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dry distillation British  

noun

1. another name for destructive distillation

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dry distillation

This series is also found in relatively larger proportion in what is known as Dippel's oil, the product of the dry distillation of bones.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

It is also produced in considerable quantities during the dry distillation of wood, and many other organic compounds.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

One pound of amber yields about half an ounce of crude acid, and the glass retort, after dry distillation, must be broken to collect the acid.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Acetone is usually prepared, however, by the dry distillation of crude calcium or barium acetate.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

Cellulose burns with a luminous flame to carbon dioxide and water; dry distillation gives a complicated mixture of gaseous and liquid products and a residue of charcoal or pseudo-carbon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various