Separieren
Separieren is the German verb meaning to separate, partition, distinguish, or segregate. In a scientific or technical context, separating a mixture means dividing it into its constituent components. The process can be physical, chemical, or mechanical, and is driven by differences in properties such as boiling point, solubility, particle size, density, or affinity for a phase.
In chemistry and chemical engineering, separation processes aim to recover pure components or to reduce impurities.
In laboratory practice, separations are chosen based on the nature of the mixture and the desired purity,
Beyond chemistry, separieren can describe organizing or distinguishing items in data analysis, statistics, or linguistics, though
The term emphasizes process orientation rather than a single technique; many separations combine multiple steps, and
See also: Distillation, Filtration, Chromatography, Extraction, Separation process.