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A still is an apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible (eg. steam distillation) liquids by heating and then cooling. It has been used to produce perfume and medicine, Water for Injection (WFI) for pharmaceutical use, generally to separate and purify different chemicals, and most famously, to produce distilled beverages containing alcohol.

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Main article: distilled beverages

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Distillation was developed circa 800 A.D. by the Arab-Yemeni (Iranian-born) alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, who also invented numerous other now-basic chemical apparatus and processes which are still in use today.


 

Distill: redirect distillation...

Miscible: The chemistry term miscible refers to the property of various liquids that allows them to be mixed together. By contrast, substances are said to be immiscible if they cannot be mixed together, e.g., oil and water....

Steam distillation: Steam distillation is a special type of distillation (a separation process) for temperature sensitive materials like natural aromatic compounds....


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