Definition of "exsiccator" [ex•sic•ca•tor]

• A desiccator (noun)

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• "The usual cooling in the exsiccator and weighing concludes the operation."
• "By the addition of a few drops of carbonate of ammonia solution and another slight heating of the crucible, also the caustic lime produced in the filter ash by heating, is reconverted into carbonate of lime, and after cooling in the exsiccator, the whole contents of the crucible is weighed as carbonate of lime, after deducting the known quantity of filter ash."
• "Lead sulphate is formed with evolution of heat; it is let cool under the exsiccator, and weighed as such."