retort
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- appliance
- Subclass of
- laboratory glassware
- Image
- My retort.jpg
- Has use
- distillation
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- Commons category
- Retorts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Freguesia de Retorta
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Role in analytical chemistry
- In biochar-pyrolysis industry
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In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances. It consists of a spherical vessel with a long downward-pointing neck. The liquid to be distilled is placed in the vessel and heated. The neck acts as a condenser, allowing the vapors to condense and flow along the neck to a collection vessel placed underneath.
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