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Soxhlet extractor
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English
thumb|200px|Soxhlet extractor (with condenser above and flask below)
Etymology
Invented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɒkslət ɪkˌstɹæktə/
Noun
Soxhlet extractor
en chemistry 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.
en 2006 Thomas Pynchon Against the Day 264 Vintage 2007 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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