Talk:Liebig condenser
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This appears to be an apparatus for laboratory chemistry. Click on the Netherlands Wikipedia link and see diagrams.
not for reflux
[edit]the Liebig condenser is not used for refluxing, the image in the reflux page is wrong. A reflux condenser has a much larger inner surface (not a strait cylinder but a succession of spheres) V8rik 17:02, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- V8rik - maybe you're right in that people shouldn't use Liebig condensers when they wish to heat a liquid to reflux, but they are very frequently used for this purpose. -- Quantockgoblin 18:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Which tube is for cooling?
[edit]I am not a chemist. When I have seen a Liebig condenser used by a chemist I worked with in a lab many years ago, she ran the cooling water through the inner tube and the gas to be condensed through the outer tube, instead of using the outer tube as a water jacket for the inner tube.
Thinking about this, I can see advantages. The gas to be condensed is exposed to more cooling surface area because the outside surface of the inner tube has a larger area than its inner surface. Furthermore, the gas is exposed to the large-area inside surface of the outer tube, which is at room temperature, for further effectiveness in condensation.
Is that a common practice? If so, perhaps this article should mention it. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:33, 10 October 2023 (UTC)