Industry separates crude oil, natural gas and chemical mixtures into pure products by means of fractionating distillation columns. This process is energy-intensive, but a new type of column structure ...

Researchers have identified a new physicochemical principle governing liquid–liquid phase separation in polymer solutions.

Postnova Analytics has published an applications report that presents data from a collaboration with the Analytical Development group at Biogen Inc. on separation of a virus mixture using Asymmetrical ...

In general, liquid-liquid extraction is applied where alternative separation technologies such as distillation are uneconomical, or even unsuitable. Typical examples: Simultaneous separation of ...

Several industries require essential processes for separating mixtures into their constituent substances. Advancing research, scientists from Japan have now developed a novel, versatile, and ...

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While the phenomenon of phase separation has historically been a problem for glass producers, it is now known to offer advantages in the production of certain materials such as glass ceramics and ...