Soxhlet extractor
noun/ˈsɒkslət ɪkˌstɹæktə/
Etymology
Invented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet.
Definitions
A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a glass reservoir that sits over a lower…
A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a glass reservoir that sits over a lower flask (containing a boiling solvent) and under a condenser; a sample contained in a paper thimble is placed in the reservoir and soluble materials are continually extracted by the warm solvent and transferred to the lower flask via a siphon.
- Amid a gleaming clutter of burners and spectroscopes, funnels and flasks, centrifugal and Soxhlet extractors […], serious girls with their hair in snoods entered numbers into log books
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