Vacuum distillation describes a process by which heavier cuts of crude not vaporized in the topping (atmospheric distillation) process are heated in a vaccum to accomplish their fractionation.
Ref: 123188/2006-10-13

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Vacuum (Vacuum means void, emptiness, vacuity; space that ...)
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Alternative Spellings (Synonyms): vacuums, distillations

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