Vacuum molecular stills have found wide acceptance over the past fifty years in the processing of thousands of materials. Some of the diverse industries utilizing molecular distillation include the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, aerospace, food, plastics, petrochemical, wax, paper, and chemical industries. A partial list of some of the multitude of compounds successfully distilled follows:
Acetyl tributyl citrate Amino substituted Urethane Anhydrous lanolin Armoatic hydrocarbon Aromatic hydrocarbon - chlorinated Bromo-trifluoroethylene polymer Butadiene-acrylic acid polymer Butyl benzyl phthlate Butyl stearate Candelilla wax Cannabis processing Capryl wax Carnauba wax Cedar Oil Citrus Oil Chlorinated hydrocarbon Cocoa butter Cononut oil - crude Cod liver oil - oxidized Coffee oil - crude Cottonseed oil Cottonseed oil - peroxidized Crocodile Oil Dehydrated butynediol - crude Di-isocyanate - Chloroform | Di-isodecyl phthalate Dimer Acid Distilled bees wax Di-stearyl amine Epoxy resins Erucyl amides Emu Oil Ethyl-ester Fatty acid & nitrile-pitch Fatty amides Fatty amines Ginger Glycerol monostearate Halogenated hydrocarbons Hemp processing Humulone complex Iodinated ester Jasmine Lanolin Lauremide Leaf protein extract Lignite wax Linseed oil pitch Liquid epoxy resin | Lubricants & greases Lyral-crude Meadowfoam Oil Menthyl sucrose esters Microcrystalline wax Mink Oil Mixed vegetable fatty acids Mixed vegetable grease Monoglycerides Monononyl phenol Montan wax Oleyl amide Palm Oil Pepper Oil Perfume essential oils Petroleum bottoms Petroleum oil - mineral oil Petroleum oil - reduced Peroleum-slackwax bottoms Polyhydric alcohols Polyoxyethylene Polyphenyl ether Rice bran oil | Sandalwood Oil Sesame Oils Shark liver oil Shea Nut Butter Silicone oil Silicone polymer Solanesol Sorbitan sesquioleate Soybean oil Soybean oil pitch Squalene Stearic acid - crude Sugar cane wax Sugar cane esters Tall oil - crude Tall oil - heads Tall oil - pitch Tall oil - polymerized fatty acids Tin caprylate Vitamin A Vitamin E Vitamin K-1 Vitamin K-2 Vitamin K-3 Vitamin K-4 |