Soxhlet extractor

noun
/ˈsɒkslət ɪkˌstɹæktə/

Etymology

Invented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet.

Definitions

  1. 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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