separating funnel

noun

1. chem a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids

Example Sentences

Pour 1 litre of fresh cow's or goat's milk into a large separating funnel, and heat in the steamer at 100° C. for one hour.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole is then poured into a separating funnel, when separation immediately takes place.

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Alcohols.—For the estimation of these, if the oil contains much ester it must first be saponified with alcoholic potash, to liberate the combined alcohols, and after neutralising the excess of alkali with acid, the oil is washed into a separating funnel with water, separated, dried with anhydrous sodium sulphate, and is then ready for the alcohol determination.

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After cooling, water is added, and the contents of the flask heated on the water-bath for fifteen to thirty minutes, after which they are cooled, transferred to a separating funnel, and washed with a brine solution until the washings cease to give an acid reaction with litmus paper.

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The amount of impurities may also be estimated by Tate's method, which is performed by weighing 5 grammes of fat into a separating funnel, dissolving in ether, and allowing the whole to stand to enable the water to deposit.

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