condensed ness (kondensednes)

quality or state of being condensed. Bailey. condenser (kon-den'sėr), n. One who or that which condenses. Mr. C is a go ipy writer, but he is at the same time a clever condenser. The American , VIII. 298. Specifically - ( a ) Any device for reducing gases or vapors to liquid or solid form. The reduction is usually effected by lowering the temperature of the vapor by contact with chilled surfaces. A form of condenser common in the laboratory is shown in the figure. From the flask, A, the vapor to be condensed escapes through the tube bc, which pa es through a larger condenser-tube. A stream of ice water enters the condenser through d, and pa es off through g, keeping the surface of the inner tube, bc, chilled, and the va por entering the tube from A is con densed and drops from e as a liquid. Condensers used to concentrate vapors. or gases, as steam, alcoholic vapors, fumes, volatile li Liebig's Condenser. que, etc., commonly depend upon the reducing effects of