What You Need to Know
A Perkin triangle is a specialized apparatus for the distillation of air-sensitive materials.
Steps
- 1.
Essential oil extraction (French perfumery): isolating volatile aromatic compounds
- 2.
Absinthe refinement (Swiss distilling): separating thujone-rich fractions
- 3.
Medicinal tinctures (German apothecary tradition): concentrating active herbal compounds
The Science
Primary Reaction
Volatile compound separation