Back عمود تجزئة Arabic Рэктыфікацыйная калона Byelorussian Torre de destil·lació Catalan Rektifikationskolonne German Columna de fraccionamiento Spanish Destillatsioonikolonn Estonian برج تقطیر Persian Distillation fractionnée French Colonna di distillazione Italian 蒸留塔 Japanese
A fractionating column or fractional column is equipment used in the distillation of liquid mixtures to separate the mixture into its component parts, or fractions, based on their differences in volatility. Fractionating columns are used in small-scale laboratory distillations as well as large-scale industrial distillations.