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EVAPORATOR

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e⋅vap⋅o⋅ra⋅tor

  [i-vap-uh-rey-ter]
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–noun
1. a device in which evaporation takes place, as for thickening syrup.
2. the part of a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant absorbs heat and changes from a liquid to a gas.
Origin:
1820–30; evaporate + -or 2
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Solution Driven
Most efficient thermal processing - Design through delivery
www.popeinc.com
Buchi Rotary Evaporator
New generation of Rotavapor® from the inventor of rotary evaporation
www.buchi.com
e·vap·o·rate   (ĭ-vāp'ə-rāt')   
v.   e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates

v.   tr.

    1. To convert or change into a vapor.

    2. To draw off in the form of vapor.

  2. To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.

  3. To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.

v.   intr.

    1. To change into vapor.

    2. To pass off in or as vapor.

  2. To produce vapor.

  3. To disappear; vanish: Our fears at last evaporated. See Synonyms at disappear.


[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin ēvapōrāre, ēvapōrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]
e·vap'o·ra'tion n., e·vap'o·ra'tive adj., e·vap'o·ra'tive·ly adv., e·vap'o·ra·tiv'i·ty (-ərə-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n., e·vap'o·ra'tor n.
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