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autoclaveVessel, usually of steel, able to withstand high temperatures and pressures. The chemical industry uses various types of autoclaves in manufacturing dyes and in other chemical reactions requiring high pressures. In bacteriology and medicine, instruments, equipment, supplies, and culture media are sterilized by superheated steam in an autoclave. In 1679 Denis Papin (1647–c. 1712) invented a prototype known as a steam digester; still used in cooking, it is now called a pressure cooker. autoclave 1. a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure 2. an apparatus for sterilizing objects (esp surgical instruments) or for cooking by means of steam under pressure 3. Civil engineering a vessel in which freshly cast concrete or sand-lime bricks are cured very rapidly in high-pressure steam How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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in collaboration with REO Research Institute and the Naga Group, announced the release of the RVK-N1 oxygen/ozone micro-nano bubble water sterilizer. Jerry Rickart, a Trout in the Classroom Northeast regional coordinator, oversees twenty school trout tank projects and says supplies include the tank (usually 55 gallons), chiller (the most expensive item), sterilizer, filter, pump, aerator, and of course, trout eggs, which are usually supplied by the state or local environmental organization. Minnie sees that the sterilizer should be loaded and run, but again, leaves it for someone else, because, after all, not everything in there was used by her or her doctor. |
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