Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arrangement for drying moist substances, generally consisting of an apartment through which heated air passes, and which may also contain sulphuric acid, quicklime, or other absorbents.
- noun In chem., a vessel having a tightly fitting cover and containing strong sulphuric acid or other absorbent of moisture, in which chemical preparations are dried, or crucibles, etc., are allowed to cool before weighing. Also
desiccator .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
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- noun dated a
desiccator
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Examples
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The usual cooling in the exsiccator and weighing concludes the operation.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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By the addition of a few drops of carbonate of ammonia solution and another slight heating of the crucible, also the caustic lime produced in the filter ash by heating, is reconverted into carbonate of lime, and after cooling in the exsiccator, the whole contents of the crucible is weighed as carbonate of lime, after deducting the known quantity of filter ash.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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Lead sulphate is formed with evolution of heat; it is let cool under the exsiccator, and weighed as such.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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