Editing Still (section)

{{short description|Apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures}}
{{About|distilling apparatus}}
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[[File:Glenfiddich Distillery stills.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Swan-necked copper [[pot still]]s in the [[Glenfiddich]] distillery]]
[[File:A_still_at_Mackmyra_Whisky_Distillery.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|A still at [[Mackmyra Whisky|Mackmyra Whisky Distillery]]]]
[[File:Coffey Still.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Column still]] from [[Kilbeggan Distillery]] in County Westmeath in Ireland.]]

A '''still''' is an apparatus used to [[distillation|distill]] [[liquid]] mixtures by heating to selectively [[Boiling|boil]] and then cooling to [[Condensation|condense]] the [[vapor]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jupiter.plymouth.edu/~wwf/distillation.htm | title=DISTILLATION APPARATUS | publisher=Plymouth State University | access-date=22 March 2014}}</ref> A still uses the same concepts as a basic [[Distillation#Laboratory_procedures|distillation apparatus]], but on a much larger scale. Stills have been used to produce [[perfume]] and [[medicine]], [[water for injection]] (WFI) for pharmaceutical use, generally to separate and purify different chemicals, and to produce [[distilled beverage]]s containing [[ethanol]].