Wittscher pot

Wittscher pot. Equipped with a filtration funnel and beaker on the right.

The Wittsche pot is a large cylindrical glass device used in chemical laboratories, which can be closed with a ground-joint lid that is provided with a tube. It is used for filtration (sometimes also distillation ) under normal or reduced pressure. For use under reduced pressure, the side of the glass vessel is provided with a suction nozzle via which a connection to a vacuum generator ( water jet pump or vacuum pump ) can be established by means of a vacuum hose .

Individual evidence

^ Brockhaus ABC Chemie , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig 1965, p. 1532.
^ Otto-Albrecht Neumüller (editor): Römpps Chemie Lexikon , Frank'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1983, 8th edition, p. 4637, ISBN 3-440-04513-7 .

[ABC_Chemie-1] Brockhaus ABC Chemie , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig 1965, p. 1532.

[Römpp-2] Otto-Albrecht Neumüller (editor): Römpps Chemie Lexikon , Frank'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1983, 8th edition, p. 4637, ISBN 3-440-04513-7 .