A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
The central trough into which coal is fed in certain types of boilers.
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
a primitive distillation apparatus
a spherical container, generally of glass, with a long, angled neck
a vessel with a beaked cap or head used in alchemical processes to transform, purify, or refine raw materials into the sublime substances used in alchemical preparations
A vessel used for distillation of volatile materials, as in separation of some metals and in destructive distillation of coal.
a vessel in which substances are distilled or decomposed by heat.
The thermal processing or cooking packaged food or other products in a pressurized vessel for purposes of sterilizing the contents to maintain freshness for extended storage times. Retort pouches are manufactured with materials suitable for the higher temperatures of the retort process, generally around 121o C.
a container with a long tubular neck used by chemists and alchemists for distillation and the like. [ Black, Cavendish, Lavoisier, Scheele
A vessel generally made of glass, but occasionally of metal or earthenware, provided with a long neck, bent downwards, in which liquids to be distilled are heated.
A vessel with a long neck, bent downward, in which liquids subjected to distillation are heated.
In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a glassware 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.