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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Example Sentences

By the dry distillation of rosin, there is yielded a series of heavy dark oils consisting principally of hydrocarbons, resinous bodies, and free acid.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

By dry distillation the bark yields an empyreumatic oil, called diogott in Russia, used in the preparation of Russia leather; to this oil the peculiar pleasant odour of the leather is due.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Acetone, a highly inflammable liquid obtained generally by the dry distillation of acetates.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Benzoline is not the same as benzene or benzol, which is one of the products of the dry distillation of coal.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

In 1834 the same hydrocarbon was obtained by Mitscherlich by heating benzoic acid with lime, and by Péligot by the dry distillation of calcium benzoate.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael