Dewar flask

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Dewar flask

An insulated container used especially to store liquefied gases, having a double wall with a vacuum between the walls and silvered surfaces facing the vacuum.

[After Sir James Dewar.]

Dewar flask [ˈdjuːə]

(Chemistry) a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc.; Thermos

[named after Sir James Dewar (1842-1923), Scottish chemist and physicist]

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Dewar flask - vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments

Dewar

vacuum bottle, vacuum flask - flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures

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