Definitions
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- noun chemistry, biochemistry A piece of
laboratory equipment used to gentlyevaporate solvents from a chemical solution in a temperature controlled environment.
Etymologies
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Derives from rotary evaporator.
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Examples
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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
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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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