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A boiling tube is a large test tube intended specifically for boiling liquids. A test tube filled with water and upturned into a water-filled beaker is often used to capture gases, e.g. in electrolysis demonstrations. A test tube with a stopper is often used for temporary storage of chemical or biological samples.
These tubes are usually made of glass, but can also be made of plastic or metal. They vary in size and purpose. Laboratory sample tubes must not be confused with glass tubing, which can be utilized to carry fluid between laboratory equipment. Example laboratory sample tubes are listed below: Ignition tube; Test tube; Boiling tube; NMR tube
Boiling or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapour; the reverse of boiling is condensation. Boiling occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point , so that the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere.
A sealed capillary, open end pointing down, is placed in the fusion tube. The Thiele tube is heated; dissolved gases evolve from the sample first. Once the sample starts to boil, heating is stopped, and the temperature starts to fall. The temperature at which the liquid sample is sucked into the sealed capillary is the boiling point of the sample.
Bumping is a phenomenon in chemistry where homogeneous liquids boiled in a test tube or other container will superheat and, upon nucleation, rapid boiling will expel the liquid from the container. In extreme cases, the container may be broken.
The atmospheric pressure boiling point of a liquid (also known as the normal boiling point) is the temperature at which the vapor pressure equals the ambient atmospheric pressure. With any incremental increase in that temperature, the vapor pressure becomes sufficient to overcome atmospheric pressure and cause the liquid to form vapor bubbles.
A Thiele tube is an alternative heating vessel. The Siwoloboff method is used to determine the boiling point of small samples of liquid chemicals. A sample in an ignition tube (also called a fusion tube) is attached to a thermometer with a rubber band, and immersed in a Thiele tube, water bath, or other suitable medium for heating. A sealed ...
Internally rifled boiler tubes are used to evaporate water into steam inside boilers of thermal power plants. Because of their internally rifled shape, they are more efficient. The boiling crisis takes place later, thus allowing for greater heat transfer between the pipe and the fluid inside the pipe.