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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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theboiling point will be increased by a number that depends on the number
ofparticles in solution:
d
elta(T) = K
b
× (number of solute molecules per liter)
w
here
delta(T) is the rise in the boiling point
K
b
is called the ebullioscopic constant and varies from one solvent to another
Boiling Range: The spread of temperatures, usually expressed in degrees
Fahrenheit, over which oil starts to boil or distill vapors and proceeds to
complete evaporation. Boiling range is determined by ASTM test procedures
for specic petroleum products.
Boiling Temperature: Temperature at which steam bubbles begin to appear
within a liquid. When the ...
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