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Claim 1

A COMBINED THERMAL-CONTACT RECTIFICATIN SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A CONTAINER FOR A LIQUID FEED MATERIAL TO BE RECTIFIED,MEANS FOR HEATING SAID CONTAINER, A DISTILLATION COLUMN CONNECTED TO A VACUUM SOURCE AND HAVING AN OUTER WALL SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW CONTACTING PROTUBERANCE STRUCTURES,RIGIDLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE DISTILLATION COLUMN, EACH OF SAID CONTACTING STRUCTURES HAVING AN OUTWARD, OPEN BASE COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID OUTER WALL SURFACE OF THE DISTILLATION COLUMNM, EACH OF SAID CONTACTING STRUCTURES PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM SAID OUTER SURFACE AND TERMINATING IN A CLOSED END AT A DISTANCE FROM SAID OUTER SURFACE GREATER THAN THE RADIUS OF THE DISTILLATION COLUMN, HEATING MEANS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE COLUMN, COOLING MEANS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE COLUMN, SAID HEATING AND COOLING MEANS BEING ALTERNATELY DISPOSED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE COLUMN SO AS TO EFFECT FORMATION OF ALTERNATING HOT AND COLD ZONES DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY WITHIN THE COLUMN, EACH OF SAID HOT AND COLD ZONES BEING INTEGRALLY CONNECTED AND FORMING A CONTINUOUS SERIES OF HOT AND COLD ZONES IN SAID COLUMN, THE HEATING AND COOLING MEANS FURTHER BEING IN DIRECT THERMAL CONTACT WITH SAID OPEN BASE OF THE CONTACTING STRUCTURES, AND A REFLUX SPLITTER INCLUDING A CONDENSER WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID COLUMN, SAID REFLUX SPLITTER BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID VACUUM SOURCE, A REFLUX DISTILLATE RECEIVER CONNECTED TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID REFLUX SPLITTER, AND VALVE MEANS BETWEEN SAID SPLITTER AND SAIDL RECEIVER FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLING THE AMOUNT OF DISTILLATE DIVERTED TO THE RECEIVER FROM THAT CONDENSED BY SAID REFLUX SPLITTER AND BEING RETURNED TO THE TOP OF SAID COLUMN.