noun

definition

A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry.

definition

A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.

Examples of desiccator in a Sentence

After ignition, it is allowed to cool in a desiccator and then weighed.

By evaporating in vacuo the solution obtained by dissolving iron in hydrochloric acid, there results bluish, monoclinic crystals of FeCl24H20, which deliquesce, turning greenish, on exposure to air, and effloresce in a desiccator.

Concentration of the aqueous solution in a desiccator gives a deposit of crystals of a very deliquescent salt, H21n2(S04)4.8H20.

Otherwise a desiccator must be employed; this is essentially a closed vessel in which a hygroscopic substance is placed together with the substance to be dried.

The process may be accelerated by exhausting the desiccator; this so-called vacuum desiccation is especially suitable for the concentration of aqueous solutions of readily decomposable substances.

Liquids are dried either by means of the desiccator, or, as is more usual, by shaking with a substance which removes the water.

Two common types of desiccator are in use.

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