a liquid mixture that maintains a constant boiling point and that produces a vapor of the same composition as the mixture
Origin of azeotrope
from a- + Classical Greek zein, to boil (see yeast) + -tropeazeotrope
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azeotrope
noun
A liquid mixture of two or more substances that boils at a constant characteristic temperature lower or higher than any of its components and that retains the same composition in the vapor state as in the liquid state.
Origin of azeotrope
a- 1Greek zein to boil ; see zeolite . Greek -tropos turning ; see -tropous .Related Forms:
- a′ze·o·trop′ic
adjective
- a′ze·ot′ro·py
noun
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Noun
(plural azeotropes)
- (physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
Origin
From Ancient Greek α- (a-, “no”) + ζέειν (zeein, “to boil”) + τρόπος (tropos, “state”).
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