O2N2 Vocab

A basic form of energy which is transferred by a temperature difference.

(Thermal energy in transition.)

• Chill

• Heat

• Pressure

• Boiling

A third method of converting from one physical state to another consisting of converting from a solid directly to a vapor without passing through the intermediate state.

• Flash Point

• Sublimation

• Vaporization

• Poof Point

The warming up of an air separation plant to ambient temperature, usually to evaporate and remove volatile contaminants.

• Warming

• Freeze

• Derine/Thaw

• Heating

Formation of a gas pocket in the inlet chamber of a cryogenic pump resulting when the temperature of the pumped liquid rises above its boiling point.

• Cavitation

• Derime

• Vaporization

• Subcooling

Cooling of a liquefied gas below its boiling point, usually to prevent evaporation loss and pump cavitation.

• Placate Cooling

• Subcooling

• Cooling

• Rapid Cooling

The process in which liquid moves down a distillation column and comes into close contact with vapors rising up the column, thereby stripping them of their less volatile components.

• Distillation

• Reflex

• Reflux

• Cavitation

The process used to separate the components of a substance through differences in physical or chemical properties.

• Fractional Distillation

• Divisional Distillation

• Latent Distillation

• Kinetic Distillation

The process by which a liquid, containing a mixture of components, is boiled and the vapors condensed to yield a distillate (condensed vapors), which contains a greater concentration of the more volatile component than the original.

• Purification

• Distillation

• Refining

• Condensation

A term that describes a liquid that vaporizes quickly.

• Kinetic Liquefaction

• Volatile

• Quick

• Flash Point

The gaseous state of a substance that is usually a liquid or a solid at atmospheric temperature and pressure.

• Nicotine

• Gas

• Smoke

• Vapor