Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Purpose of vacuum-claisen ?

Sulaiman - 6-8-2016 at 10:38

As part of a job lot of used glassware I have a claisen-flask with a (presumed) vacuum jacket where you often find a mini-vigreaux column.
I can't get to it at the moment so a Paint sketch

Untitled.jpg - 7kB

is there a specific temperature range where this is useful ?

BromicAcid - 6-8-2016 at 17:45

Likely an area that could be filled with saddles, helices, etc, to make a packed column.

Deathunter88 - 6-8-2016 at 19:51

Heat can only be lost through a vacuum through radiation. Thus it stops heat loss through conduction and convection. It's basically insulating that part of the glassware, similar to how a vacuum thermos works.