autoclave
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In one of Halt's buildings they have a huge machine called an autoclave, consisting mainly of two large horizontal tubes.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
She transferred and adhered the nanotube forest in between the two middle layers of the composite, then cooked the material in an autoclave to cure.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
They carried out three trials per jar, sterilizing the containers in an autoclave before each trial.
From Scientific American • May 16, 2023
At first, it carried the thrill of a secret world: The office building was locked — just me and the janitors and the whir of the autoclave.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022
While he explained to her that his job was building runways in the fields of northern France, his eyes kept returning to the steel forceps she had collected from the autoclave.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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