Still with Reflux, Dephlegmator, and Condenser. Illustration appeared in Lonicer's Kunstliche Conterfeytunge, 1573. An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube. Technically, the alembic is the lid with a tube attachment
Still with Reflux, Dephlegmator, and Condenser. Illustration appeared in Lonicer's Kunstliche Conterfeytunge, 1573. An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube. Technically, the alembic is the lid with a tube attachment, which is placed on top of a flask, and the cucurbit, containing the material to be distilled, but the word is often used to refer to the entire distillation apparatus. If the lid and flask are in one piece, it may be called a retort. The liquid in the first flask is heated or boiled; the vapor rises and flows into the tube, where it cools and condenses, running into the second flask. In chemistry, distillation means the separating of the constituents of a liquid by boiling it and then condensing the vapor that results. Distillation can be used to purify water or other substances, or to remove one component from a complex mixture, as when gasoline is distilled from crude oil or alcohol from a mash. When water is purified by distillation, it is boiled in a container, and the steam is sent into cooling tubes. The steam is condensed and then collected as purified water in a second container. The impurities in the water are left behind in the first container and can be discarded.
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