What did Dewar use the vacuum flask for?
Storing food
Research
Heating liquids
Cooling solids
Answer
Research was Dewar's primary application for the vacuum flask. He used it to study the properties of gases at extremely low temperatures, such as hydrogen and oxygen. By creating a near-perfect vacuum within the flask, he was able to minimize heat transfer and observe the behavior of these gases in unprecedented detail.
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