Alembic Emoji

Objects

A glass vessel with a long, curved neck used for distillation. The design mimics the specialized laboratory hardware required to separate liquids or condense vapors during chemical experiments.

Usage Context

Used to denote scientific research, alchemy, or the process of distilling spirits. It is frequently employed in conversations regarding chemistry homework, brewing craft beer, or general lab work. It is often seen alongside the 🧪 test tube or 🧬 DNA strand to round out a science-themed message.

History

The alembic has been the primary tool for distillation since the middle ages, famously used by alchemists in their attempts to turn base metals into gold. It was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to help populate the growing list of scientific icons used in professional and educational digital communications.

Details

Glyph

⚗

Unicode

U+2697

Shortcode

:emoji_u2697:

HTML Entity

⚗

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory science

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

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