Definitions

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  • noun chemistry, biochemistry A piece of laboratory equipment used to gently evaporate solvents from a chemical solution in a temperature controlled environment.

Etymologies

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Derives from rotary evaporator.

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Examples

  • One of them is working up a huge, 2-liter prep that involves some kind of black tar rotavap step... it sounded awful.

    Exhaustion. 2005

  • One of them is working up a huge, 2-liter prep that involves some kind of black tar rotavap step... it sounded awful.

    Archive 2005-02-01 2005

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