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autoclave

[aw-tuh-kleyv] / ˈɔ təˌkleɪv /
NOUN
pressure cooker
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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

Dr. Degroot’s paper details many of the findings from inspections and tests that revealed gloveboxes and sterilizing autoclaves that cracked, leaked or flooded.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2023

Renault Sport’s autoclaves are some of its oldest and most conventional manufacturing equipment, which made them safe to photograph.

From The Verge Jun. 26, 2018

Boeing's Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 are built from carbon fiber already impregnated with resin, called "prepreg", which is supplied to jetmakers, tailored by machines into plane parts and cured inside giant pressure-cooking autoclaves.

From Reuters May 29, 2017

As the surgeons scrubbed for the first case, it was discovered only one of the two autoclaves brought on the mission was functional.

From Washington Times Apr. 30, 2017

The method most frequently employed is to generate the formaldehyde in generators, retorts, and in the so-called autoclaves, and then to force it through apertures into the room.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

It was found, along with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, in scores of school across England in 2022 to 2023.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

A total of 231 schools in England were confirmed to have Raac, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, in the most recent government list issued last month, but that list could continue to grow.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2024

The material, which is known as reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, or RAAC, is lighter and less expensive than standard reinforced concrete — but weaker, with a useful life of about 30 years.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

The government says the “vast majority” of schools are not affected by problems with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

From Washington Times Sep. 4, 2023

They are then raised inside sterile isolators, on autoclaved food and filtered air.

From Nature Oct. 13, 2015

Flushing, says Smith, is preferable to storing the waste in a separate container and then autoclaving the contents.

From Time Dec. 2, 2014

Unlike viruses and bacteria, prions are extremely hardy, and cannot be destroyed by normal decontamination methods, such as autoclaving of surgical instruments.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2011

After use the jars and tripods are sterilised either by chemical reagents or by autoclaving.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

An improved starch solution may be prepared by autoclaving 2 g. of starch and 6 g. of boric acid dissolved in 200 cc. water at 15 lbs. pressure for 15 min.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Tissues obtained at postmortems can also be used after preliminary sterilisation by boiling or autoclaving.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)




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