GAS WASH BOTTLE

A gas washing bottle is a laboratory device primarily used to inject a stream of gas through a liquid within a closed flask

  1. Function:

The primary function of a gas washing bottle is to clean or saturate gases by passing them through a liquid medium.

  • It serves two main purposes:

Gas Saturation: The gas washing bottle can saturate a liquid with gas. For example, it can be used to dissolve a specific gas into a liquid.

Gas Drying: It can also dry gas streams by passing them through an acid solution to remove water or base impurities