wurtz column

wurtz column
\\ˈwə]rts-, ˈwu̇]\ noun or wurtz tube
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: after Charles A. Wurtz died 1884 French chemist
: a bulbed fractionating column for laboratory distillations

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