Illustration showing the equipment for filtering a precipitate through a filtering crucible. Suction from a vacuum, often from a water aspirator, pulls the solution through the filtering crucible leaving the precipitate behind. The trap prevents water from an aspirator from back-washing into the suction flask.
Vacuum Filtration
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David Harvey
David T. Harvey is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he has been a dedicated faculty member since 1986. Over his nearly four-decade career, Dr…
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