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

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.

From the wood of the Juniperus oxycoedrus; an empyreumatic oil resembling liquid pitch, is obtained by dry distillation, this being named officinally, Huile de cade, or Oleum cadinum, otherwise "Juniper tar."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

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

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

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