Talk:Fractionating column

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Vigreux column has a link but goes to nothing? Is this preemptive? Did someone have intentions of an article?


 * Yes, it's pre-emptive. There's nothing wrong with a red (not yet written) link.  It happened all the time in the early days of Wikipedia.  If you go to relatively new Wikis, you can often see a lot of red links.  H Padleckas 02:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Wrong column drawing
The drawing for the column is not correct. the downcomers must be submerged in the liquid on the tray they are coming down to. BOKAKOB 15:51, 12 June 2007 (UTC)BOKAKOB


 * Yes, the downcomers should have a liqud-filled seal pan at their bottoms or be submerged in the tray liquid. I would just point out that the drawings are not intended to be fully detailed construction drawings. They are intended to explain how a tray functions rather than get into the very detailed drawings need for construction. - mbeychok 01:03, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Second Condenser?
Can I use a condenser as a fractionator? Say I have two Allinh condensers, can I mount one vertically, then the elbow, then a second condenser? And would I use water-cooling for both? 204.69.139.16 (talk) 21:12, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Nomenclature
Is a simple lab distillation column really called a fractionating column? The only way to get anything into fractions with it is sequentially, by exchanging the recieving flask after the first compound is fully distilled off the residual. --Maxus96 (talk) 01:09, 30 November 2015 (UTC)