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- A condenser in optics, is a lens or
- combination of lenses with a short
- focal length used for concentrating a light
- source onto a small area, as
- used in a slide projector or microscope
- substage lighting unit. A condenser
- can also be made using a concave mirror.
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- A condenser is a laboratory apparatus used to
- condense vapours back to
- liquid so that the liquid can be recovered.
- It is used in distillation and
- in reactions where the liquid mixture can be
- kept boiling without the loss
- of solvent.
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- A condenser in electronic circuits, is a
- another name for a capacitor.
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- Subject by: Samantha Good
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