retort

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a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

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For cremation furnaces, called retorts, see Cremation. For industrial pressure cookers, called retorts, see Pressure cooking.

A retort

In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a glassware device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances. It consists of a spherical vessel with a long downward-pointing neck. The liquid to be distilled is placed in the vessel and heated. The neck acts as a condenser, allowing the evaporated vapors to condense and flow along the neck to a collection vessel placed underneath.^[1]

In the chemical industry, a retort is an airtight vessel in which substances are heated for a chemical reaction producing gaseous products to be collected in a collection vessel or for further processing. Such industrial-scale retorts are used in shale oil extraction and the production of charcoal. A process of heating oil shale to produce shale oil, shale gas, and spent shale is commonly called retorting.

In the food industry, pressure cookers are often referred to as retorts, meaning "canning retorts".

Retort in use

History

With the invention of the alembic, a kind of retort, the alchemist Jābir ibn Hayyān developed the process of distillation into what it is today.^{[citation needed]} Retorts were widely used by alchemists, and images of retorts appear in many drawings and sketches of their laboratories. Before the advent of modern condensers, retorts were used by many prominent chemists, such as Antoine Lavoisier and Jöns Berzelius.^[2]

Role in analytical chemistry

In laboratory use, due to advances in technology, especially the invention of the Liebig condenser, retorts were largely considered to have been rendered obsolete as early as the beginning of the 20^th century.^[3] However, some laboratory techniques that involve simple distillation and do not require sophisticated apparatus may use a retort as a substitute for more complex distillation equipment.

Retorts in Biochar-Pyrolysis Industry

A retort is a reactor that has the ability to pyrolyze pile-wood, or wood logs over 30 cm long and over 18 cm in diameter.^[4]

References

^ "retort." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/500078/retort>.
^ "Retort." Chemeurope.com - The Chemistry Information Portal from Laboratory to Process. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. <http://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Retort.html>.
^ "Distillation." 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - Free Online. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. <http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Distillation>.
^ Emrich, W. 'Handbook of Charcoal Making, the Traditional and Industrial Methods'. D. Reidel Pub. Co., Hingham, MA, 1985, p 296

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