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[*] posted on 24-12-2014 at 20:47
Which piece of owned glassware is your favorite.


Out of all the pieces of laboratory glassware that you own, which is your favorite.

Mine would have to be my 1000mL separatory funnel.

You can also do your most frequently used piece. In my case it would be the same.
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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 04:30


Finally bought a distillation setup a few months ago. After years of trying to do 'distillations' with shitty plastic tubing, even just looking at my Liebig condenser makes me feel happy haha

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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 04:52


My two foot long Pyrex Graham condenser. The thing is barely used but it looks really nice!
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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 05:20


My Wilmad Freidrichs condenser. This is my most used piece of equipment, not including beakers and such.



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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 05:35


My separatory funnel, and i'm still longing to try out my rotavap and soxhlet-extractor. They've been sitting on a shelf for a long time and i've never found the time to use them.
Note: Soxhlet-extractions are completely new to me and I've only used a rotavap at school once, and since they are quite expensive and not really mine,(all my glassware and other equipment ar rightfully the school's property, but I am free to use them) i've not yet used them.




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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 07:18


A Schott Duran 250 mL beaker. It's neither the largest nor the smallest, but it's just right for the great majority of my experiments. Yeah, it's nothing special, but it's dear to me.
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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 08:42


a distillation adaptor arm was one thing i never could improvise before i ever even saw a distillation kit.i could come up with different vessels and recipient vessels but didnt know how to connect them.the science community just didnt understand this dilemma of mine,i thought.

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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 08:55


My 50 ml three neck round bottom flask. It is great for most reactions. It is also great because I got it for free from a community college.
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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 10:14


My Liebig condenser: it's so useful!



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[*] posted on 25-12-2014 at 10:19


My friedrich condenser is my favorite condenser from aesthetics and utility.

My favorite piece of glass-ware are probably my 100mL round bottom flasks. I'm not sure why, but I just like the way they feel in my hand :).




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[*] posted on 26-12-2014 at 22:17


Quote: Originally posted by Mailinmypocket  
My two foot long Pyrex Graham condenser. The thing is barely used but it looks really nice!

Two feet!?! My word, that's large!

What substance requires that much cooling contact!? Pyrex glass, too... must've cost a buttload!
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[*] posted on 26-12-2014 at 22:46


my 40cm liebig condenser, great for refluxes and distillations
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[*] posted on 26-12-2014 at 23:05


I remarked in my lab journal that my 1L beaker was in continuous use and I wished I had bought more. The following day I broke it. Life wasn't the same.
The good news is that three replacements have arrived in the mail and are waiting for me as soon as I get back from my holiday.
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[*] posted on 27-12-2014 at 04:51


Quote: Originally posted by dermolotov  
Quote: Originally posted by Mailinmypocket  
My two foot long Pyrex Graham condenser. The thing is barely used but it looks really nice!

Two feet!?! My word, that's large!

What substance requires that much cooling contact!? Pyrex glass, too... must've cost a buttload!


Two years ago a user from here sold it to me for 25$! (http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=20216) I use it for condensing bromine or when recycling my solvents etc.
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[*] posted on 27-12-2014 at 10:13


My new favorite might be a soxhlet extractor that I will be purchasing soon. :)
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[*] posted on 27-12-2014 at 10:18


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[*] posted on 27-12-2014 at 10:56


Quote: Originally posted by Mailinmypocket  

Two years ago a user from here sold it to me for 25$! (http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=20216) I use it for condensing bromine or when recycling my solvents etc.

Ah! You're in toronto, mate?

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[*] posted on 29-12-2014 at 15:46


It's the most easily replaced item; a 100 ml Pyrex beaker (part#1000) never really used as such. Many crystals have appeared in it over the years, as a stack of Coors dishes has mostly gathered dust.



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[*] posted on 29-12-2014 at 20:07


It's gotta be my first trusty 30 cm Liebig Condenser. The thing has been through a lot :D. It's also had to endure some not-so-elegant DIY fixes on the water jacket intakes, which seem to be my worst enemies in terms of glassware breakage...



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[*] posted on 29-12-2014 at 20:18


My favorite piece of glassware is my soxhlet extra tractor, even though sadly I don't often get the chance to use it. My second favorite, as well as my most used is my Buchner funnel and vacuum pump.



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[*] posted on 6-1-2015 at 16:46


my Orsat gas analyier manily becuase its old and is in a nice wooden box, its juts an ornament now. (thanks sicence madness for iding it for me in 2007)

but as for usefullness a dr schilling burette is great time saving device if you have to alot of titrations.

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[*] posted on 13-1-2015 at 11:12


My 1.8m long essay tube :D:D

A friend's dad works on a solar water heater production plant. These heaters use two long borosilicate tubes, one black inside other clean. So, it should resist some heat, remember water boils in here.

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[*] posted on 16-1-2015 at 02:21


My retorts. Old fashioned glass retorts - you can distill all sorts of nasties in them - HNO3, Bromine etc.
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[*] posted on 16-1-2015 at 03:12


By far it has to be the Kipps.
Just ordered it tonight, and I pray it does not arrive broken.

Up till then... I have to go w/ Sep Funnel. It's the coolest thing I have used

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[*] posted on 16-1-2015 at 13:16


Quote: Originally posted by feacetech  
my Orsat gas analyier manily becuase its old and is in a nice wooden box, its juts an ornament now. (thanks sicence madness for iding it for me in 2007)

but as for usefullness a dr schilling burette is great time saving device if you have to alot of titrations.



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