A pressure cooker is a sealed vessel used for cooking food with the use of high pressure steam and water or a water-based liquid, in a process called pressure cooking. The high pressure limits boiling
A stovetop pressure cooker
A six-quart pressure cooker manufactured by Archibald Kenrick & Sons in England, c. 1890
Super cocotte décor SEB, 1973. Aluminium body, polyamide lacquered with an embossed aluminium lid and a stainless steel stirrup. On display at the Musée gallo-romain de Fourvière, Lyon. 18/10.
Second generation stove top pressure cooker with battery operated timer
An autoclave is a machine used to carry out industrial and scientific processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure in relation to ambient pressure and temperature. Autoclaves are found in man
Pressure cooker
…2017 Manchester Arena bombing An autoclave (≥ 121 °C) is a type of pressure cooker used by laboratories and hospitals to sterilize equipment. A stovetop autoclave is essentially a higher-pressure…
Cutaway illustration of a jacketed rectangular-chamber autoclave
Cutaway illustration of a cylindrical-chamber autoclave
Dental equipment in an autoclave to be sterilized for two hours at 150 to 180 °C
Sterilization bags often have a "sterilization indicator mark" that typically darkens when the bag and its contents have been adequately processed. Comparing the marks on an unprocessed bag (left) and on a bag that has been properly cycled (right) will reveal an obvious visual difference.