History of Distillation

A brief note overviewing historical perspectives of distillation What is distillation? The term itself, distil, emanates from the latin ‘destillare’, meaning to drip down. Distillation can be described as a process of separating the component substances from a liquid mixture by selective evaporation and condensation. For example, by separating water, alcohol, aromatic and volatile components accordingly. An installation for distillation …