sekoitusastian
Sekoitusastian, the genitive form of the Finnish term sekoitusastia, refers to a mixing container used to blend liquids, powders, and emulsions. The base term sekoitusastia combines sekoitus (mixing) and astia (container), and is widely used in Finnish industry and science. In practice, a sekoitusastian can be any vessel or tank designed to allow agitation, blending, or reaction of contents, and is employed across laboratories and industries such as chemical processing, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and paints.
Vessels vary in size from bench-top beakers to industrial-scale reactors, with volumes from a few hundred milliliters
Applications include mixing and homogenization of liquids and powders, emulsification, dispersion, and, in some configurations, chemical
In practice, a sekoitusastian can be a standalone vessel or part of a larger mixing or reaction