Kipp's apparatus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of laboratory glassware used to generate demonstration amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases, by the controlled reaction of a liquid with a solid.

Word forms

Kipp's apparatus

Etymology

From the surname of Petrus Jacobus Kipp, a 19ᵗʰ century Dutch chemist and instrument maker who invented this apparatus.

Synonyms

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