1. azeotrope - Noun
2. azeotrope - Verb
azeotrope (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.
azeotrope (third-person singular simple present azeotropes, present participle azeotroping, simple past and past participle azeotroped)
To create a mixture of this kind.
A hypothetical azeotrope of constituents X and Y is shown in the diagram to the right. Source: Internet
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 44th ed., p. 2181 Just enough cyclohexane is added to the water/ethanol azeotrope to engage all of the water into the ternary azeotrope. Source: Internet
By adding ethyl acetate as an entrainer, it is possible to distill away the azeotrope and leave nearly pure acetic acid as the residue. Source: Internet
An example is acetic acid and water, which do not form an azeotrope. Source: Internet
A solution that shows greater positive deviation from Raoult's law forms a minimum boiling azeotrope at a specific composition. Source: Internet
At an azeotrope, the solution contains the given component in the same proportion as the vapor, so that evaporation does not change the purity, and distillation does not effect separation. Source: Internet