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Beaker
Beakers of several sizes
Uses	Liquid volume containment and measurement
Related items	Laboratory flask

In laboratory equipment, a beaker is more often than not a cylindrical container with a flat bottom.^[1] Most also have a small spout (or "beak") to aid pouring, as shown in the film. Beakers are bachelor in a wide range of sizes, from one milliliter upward to several liters. A chalice is distinguished from a flask past having direct rather than sloping sides. The exception to this definition is a slightly conical-sided beaker chosen a Philips beaker. The beaker shape in general drinkware is similar.

Beakers are normally fabricated of drinking glass (today normally borosilicate drinking glass^[ii]), but can besides be in metal (such every bit stainless steel or aluminum) or certain plastics (notably polythene, polypropylene, PTFE). A common use for polypropylene beakers is gamma spectral analysis of liquid and solid samples.

Beakers of unlike sizes

Structure and use [edit]

(A) A low-form or Griffin class beaker
(B) A tall-form or Berzelius beaker
(C) A flat beaker or crystallizer

Standard or "depression-class" (A) beakers typically have a height about 1.four times the diameter.^[2] The common low course with a spout was devised by John Joseph Griffin and is therefore sometimes chosen a Griffin chalice.^[three] ^[4] These are the most universal grapheme and are used for various purposes—from preparing solutions and decanting supernatant fluids to holding waste fluids prior to disposal to performing simple reactions. Low form beakers are likely to be used in some way when performing a chemic experiment. "Tall-form" (B) beakers have a height about twice their diameter.^[2] These are sometimes called Berzelius beakers and are mostly used for titration.^[4] Flat beakers (C) are often chosen "crystallizers" considering most are used to perform crystallization, but they are as well often used every bit a vessel for use in hot-bathroom heating. These beakers usually do not take a flat scale.

The presence of a spout means that the beaker cannot have a chapeau. Withal, when in use, beakers may be covered by a watch glass to prevent contamination or loss of the contents, just allowing venting via the spout. Alternatively, a beaker may be covered with another larger beaker that has been inverted, though a watch glass is preferable.

Beakers are often graduated, that is, marked on the side with lines indicating the volume independent. For instance, a 250 mL chalice might be marked with lines to signal l, 100, 150, 200, and 250 mL of volume. These marks are not intended for obtaining a precise measurement of volume (a graduated cylinder or a volumetric flask would be a more than appropriate instrument for such a job), simply rather an estimation. Most beakers are authentic to within ~10%.^[5]

Standards [edit]

DIN EN ISO 3819:2015-12 defines the post-obit types and sizes:^[6]

Type	Nominal book (ml)	Outer diameter (mm) +/- five %	Overall height (mm) max.	Wall thickness (mm) min.
Low high beaker	5	22	32	0.vii
	10	26	37	0.vii
	25	34	52	0.vii
	l	42	62	0.8
	100	50	72	0.9
	150	sixty	82	one.0
	250	70	97	ane.1
	400	80	113	1.ii
	500	85	118	ane.3
	600	90	128	1.3
	800	100	138	1.three
	1000	105	148	one.iii
	2000	130	188	1.4
	3000	150	214	1.7
	5000	170	274	2.0
	10000	220	360	two.0

High beaker	50	38	72	0.eight
	100	48	82	0.nine
	150	54	97	i.0
	250	lx	123	one.one
	400	70	133	1.ii
	500	79	140	1.3
	600	eighty	153	1.3
	800	90	178	1.3
	1000	95	183	one.3
	2000	120	244	i.4
	3000	135	284	i.vii
	5000	160	324	2.0

Thick wall type	150	sixty	82	one.xi
	250	70	97	one.2
	400	80	111	1.iv
	600	xc	127	i.four
	k	105	147	1.4
	2000	132	187	i.5
	5000	170	275	2.5

Run into also [edit]

Beaker (drinkware)
Beaker (archaeology)
Chalice (disambiguation)
Volumetric flask
Stirring rod
Test tube
Graduated cylinder
Scoop

References [edit]

^ Oxford English Lexicon 1989 edition
^ ^a ^b ^c British Standard 6523 (1984) Drinking glass beakers for original experiments use
^ A. I. Vogel (1974) Practical Organic Chemistry Third edition (Longman, London) folio 46 ISBN 0-582-44245-i
^ ^a ^b Chemistry World August 2011 Classic kit: Griffin's Chalice
^ "Beakers". Retrieved October xx, 2014.
^ ISO 3819:2015-12