How Is a Retort Furnace Used?
Retort laboratories use retort furnaces for distillation of substances. Because of their separate heating enclosure, they provide low atmosphere usage and control of the atmosphere, including allowing the altering of atmospheric conditions during a single firing cycle. Heat applied to objects placed within retort ovens produces chemical reactions for chemists to study and analyze. Shale oil extraction and charcoal development commonly use retort furnaces.
What Is the Difference Between Muffle and Retort Furnaces?
“Retort” in chemistry lab applications refers to the airtight vessel where the material is processed, and “muffle furnace” is a term made by furnace manufacturers to refer to the insulation and separation of the heating elements from the contents of the retort. Both muffle and retort furnaces describe the same type of furnace.
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