A Wisdom Archive on distilled water

Because of its relative purity, some of the properties of distilled water are significantly different from those of the water most people consume and use in everyday life. A potentially dangerous property of distilled water is that it can be heated above its boiling point without showing the normal characteristics of boiling, called superheating. When the superheated water is disturbed or has impurities added to it, a sudden, explosive boil occurs, possibly causing serious injury to anyone near it. One way to avoid this is to put ...

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Fractional distillation - Apparatus. round bottom flask conical flask fractionating column liebig condenser graham condenser alhin condenser thermometer anti-bumping granules rubber bungs (unless quickfit apparatus is used) Fractional distillation - Method. As an example, consider the distillation of a mixture of water and ethanol. Ethanol boils at 78.5°C whilst water boils at 100°C. So by ge ...

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Akvavit, also known as aquavit, is a Scandinavian distilled beverage of typically about 40% alcohol by volume. Its name comes from aqua vitae, the Latin for "water of life". Like vodka, it is distilled from potato or grain. It is flavoured with herbs such as caraway seeds, cumin, dill, fennel or coriander, among others. Akvavit usually has a yellowish hue, but is availab ... Including:

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• Akvavit - Spellings

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Whisky (or whiskey) (from Irish "uisce beatha", "water of life") is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. Whisky - Spelling. The spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for those distilled in Scotland, Canada, and Japan, while whiskey (with an e; plural whiskeys) is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland and the United States; however, there are exceptions. Kentucky, for example, ... Including:

• Whisky - Spelling
• Whisky - Characteristics
• Whisky - History
• Whisky - Whiskey-based drinks
• Whisky - Other Concepts

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Aqua vitae (L. "water of life"), is an archaic name for a concentrated aqueous solution of ethanol. Not to be confused with the beverage aquavit, aqua vitae was typically prepared by distilling wine, and was sometimes known as Spirit of Wine in English-language texts. The name was familiarly applied to the leading native distilled spirits of a region. Thus, it was "usquebaugh" or whisky in Scotland and Ireland, "geneva" or gin in Holland; and "eau de vie" (Fr. "water of life") or brandy in France. When the term is employe ...

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Neroli oil is a plant oil similar to bergamot produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium var. amara or Bigaradia). The blossoms are gathered, usually by hand, in late April to early May. The oil is produced by water distillation, as the blossom is too fragile to endure steam distillation. By the end of the 16th century, Anne Marie Orsini, duchess of Bracciano and princess of Nerola, introduced the essence of bitter orange tree as a fashionable fragrance by using it to perfume her ...

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