dewar

• Recipiente de vacío utilizado para almacenar gases licuados, como aire líquido o helio, en experimentos científicos; recibe su nombre de su inventor, el químico y físico escocés sir James Dewar.

A proper noun referring to a vacuum flask designed to hold liquefied gases such as liquid air or helium for scientific experiments, named after its inventor, the Scottish chemist and physicist Sir James Dewar.

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1. Vacuum flask for cryogenicsC1formalscientific

   A double-walled container with a vacuum between the walls, used to store extremely cold liquids like liquid air or helium for scientific experiments.

   Recipiente de Dewar

   • The laboratory uses a Dewar to store liquid nitrogen for the experiment.
   • He carefully transferred the liquid helium into the Dewar flask.
   • The Dewar maintained the cryogenic temperature for several hours.

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2. C2formalbritish

   Sir James Dewar (1842–1923), a Scottish chemist and physicist known for his pioneering work in cryogenics and for inventing the vacuum flask that bears his name.

   James Dewar

   • Dewar's research on low-temperature physics was groundbreaking.
   • The Dewar flask was invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892.
   • Many of Dewar's contributions to cryogenics are still used today.