Have you ever been to a scientific
laboratory and seen the exotic equipment in the laboratories looking like the
articles of embellishments? If you are not a person dealing with the science or
scientific experiments, the talk matters little to you. But for a scientist or
a person dealing with scientific laboratory would respect the value they have
in bringing about astounding miracles in the field of science and technology. Soxhlet
apparatus is equipment in the scientific laboratory that is used to extract
the insoluble impurity from the solvents. It was invented in 1879 by Franz Von
Soxhlet and the name soxhlet apparatus honors the inventor. Originally it was
designed to extract lipids from solid material but with the passage to time its
use has taken different dimensions.
Soxhlet apparatus made of glass material
and is a combination of thimble made from filter paper, flask, chamber,
condenser etc and through the support of heating it makes the distillation
process possible. When a desired compound has a limited solubility in a solvent
the soxhlet apparatus is used. By heating the solvent it is vaporized which
travels up a distillation arm and moves into the chamber and through the use of
condenser it is condensed here.
Soxhlet apparatus is used for a
particular purpose and therefore its use in the laboratory is not as frequent
as the other equipment like test tubes, pipettes etc. But no equipment can
replace its use and as it is the combination of different parts it needs to be
handled with care.
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