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destructive distillation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001796

The breakdown of organic matter by applying indirect heat in an oxygen free atmosphere to capture the volatiles.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001796
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsodistillation; volatile compounds; volatilization
TranslationsSpanish: destilación destructiva
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001796",
  "term": "destructive distillation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The breakdown of organic matter by applying indirect heat in an oxygen free atmosphere to capture the volatiles.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "distillation",
    "volatile compounds",
    "volatilization"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "destilación destructiva"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/destructive-distillation/"
}

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