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English word zeotropic comes from English -ic, English zeotrope

-ic (English)

(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.

zeotrope (English)

(physics, chemistry) A mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase (i.e. by distillation).

zeotropic (English)

Being or pertaining to a zeotrope.

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