FRACTIONATOR

Etymology

Noun

fractionator (plural fractionators)

(chemistry) A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography.

Source: Wiktionary



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CHANCY

(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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