Kipp's apparatus

British

/ kɪps /

noun

a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas, usually hydrogen sulphide, by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating

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Etymology

Origin of Kipp's apparatus

C19: named after Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808–84), Dutch chemist

Example Sentences

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There was one fume hood in the entire lab, and this was for housing a quaint piece of apparatus called Kipp’s apparatus that was used to generate the simplest thiol, hydrogen sulfide, denoted by H2S.

From Scientific American

A small tube serves to admit a current of carbonic acid from a Kipp's apparatus.

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