Main Entry: Gooch crucible

Pronunciation: \ˈgüch-\

Function: noun

: a small crucible with a perforated bottom in which precipitates can be collected, dried, and weighed—called also Gooch filter

Gooch, Frank Austin (1852–1929), American chemist. Gooch published a number of papers on procedures in inorganic chemical analysis. In 1878 he introduced the Gooch crucible. He also developed a distillation method for estimating boric acid and a method for the quantitative separation of lithium from other alkali metals.