Fractionation
[frak-shuh-ney-shuh n] /ˌfræk ʃəˈneɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the act or process of .
2.
the state of being .
3.
Military. the division of a missile’s payload into several warheads.
fractionation frac·tion·a·tion (frāk’shə-nā’shən)
n.
fractionation
(frāk’shə-nā’shən)
The separation of a chemical compound into components by fractional crystallization or fractional distillation.
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