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A laboratory distillation apparatus demonstrating desalination of water. In the distillation flask, salt water is boiled to produce water vapour, or steam, while the salt remains in the liquid solution. The vapour rises through the top of the flask and passes into the condenser, which consists of a glass tube within a larger tube. Cold water flows through the space between the tubes, cooling the vapour in the inner tube so that it condenses and flows into the receiving flask.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Distillation.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 23, 2026
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The distillation method: A novel approach for analyzing randomized trials when exposure to the intervention is diluted.	Grace Young	Apr 10, 2026
	Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - BIOTECH 2EC3: Lab Manual - Distillation.	Gloria Lotha	May 24, 2025
	Add new Web site: University of Babylon - Distillation (PDF).	Grace Young	Feb 01, 2025
	Add new Web site: CORE - Research and Review: Based on Distillation, Distillation Types and Advancements: A Short Summary (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Sep 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Essential Chemical Industry - online - Distillation.	Grace Young	Jun 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: Iowa State University Digital Press - Distillation.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Distillation.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 22, 2022
	Corrected display issue.	Amy McKenna	May 12, 2020
	Add new Web site: University of Missouri - Saint Louis - Distillation.	Grace Young	Feb 21, 2016
	Add new Web site: University of Massachusetts Amherst - BMB and Chemistry - Distillation.	Grace Young	Feb 21, 2016
	Add new Web site: University of Colorado in Boulder - Distillation.	Grace Young	Feb 21, 2016
	Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Distillation.	Veenu Setia	Feb 05, 2009
	Media added.	Erik Gregersen	Jan 28, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998