Etymology

Erlenmeyer flask

Today it means: A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations. Full definition →

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Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.

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