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Cascade (chemical engineering)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemical_engineering/Fb64amQf">chemical engineering</a>, a cascade is a <a href="/facts/Chemical_plant/swCB2mEH">plant</a> consisting of several similar stages with each processing the output from the previous stage. Cascades are most commonly used in <a href="/facts/Isotope_separation/07rvF6NA">isotope separation</a>, <a href="/facts/Distillation/plDvUMxn">distillation</a>, <a href="/facts/Flotation_process/xHkwuCn0">flotation</a> and other <a href="/facts/Separation_of_mixtures/8Ie5Lv5Y">separation</a> or <a href="/facts/List_of_purification_methods_in_chemistry/fSh2XHfh">purification</a> processes. </p>