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evaporator

  • noun
  • /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt.ɚ/

A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.

Other meanings

  1. The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.

Related words

  • rotoevaporator
  • evaporatory
  • rotary evaporator

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “evaporator” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.