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An Improved Type of Wetted-Wall Column

Nature volume 166, page 484 (1950)Cite this article

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PRELIMINARY investigations, carried out in this Department, have shown that the efficiency of a wetted-wall column may be improved by subjecting the liquid and vapour phases to a rapidly oscillating pressure. This induces increased turbulence in the refluxing liquid, resulting in a larger surface area for mass transfer.

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    JOHN D. THORNTON

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THORNTON, J. An Improved Type of Wetted-Wall Column. Nature 166, 484 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166484a0

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