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  2. Splint (laboratory equipment) - Wikipedia

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    A splint is lit and held near the opening of the tube, then the stopper is removed to expose the splint to the gas. If the gas is flammable, the mixture ignites. [1] This test is most commonly used to identify hydrogen, which results with a distinctive 'squeaky pop' sound. [2]

  3. Policeman (laboratory) - Wikipedia

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    The second speculation is the most likely the one since in the 1937 edition of Hackh's Chemical Dictionary "platinum policeman," defined as "a platinum-iridium claw that fits over a glass rod and is used to hold a quantitative filter during ignition," [2] which the purpose of the policeman was to prevent the escape of stray filter paper from ...

  4. Condenser (laboratory) - Wikipedia

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    The Snyder column is a wide glass tube divided into sections (usually 3 to 6) by horizontal glass partitions or constrictions. Each partition has a hole, into which seats a hollow glass bead with an inverted "teardrop" shape. Vigreux-like glass "fingers" limit the vertical motion of each bead. [24]

  5. Kipp's apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The upper chamber extends downward as a tube that passes through the middle chamber into the lower chamber. There is no direct path between the middle and upper chambers, but the middle chamber is separated from the lower chamber by a retention plate, such as a conical piece of glass with small holes, which permits the passage of liquid and gas.

  6. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert cloud chamber, assembled An alternative view of kit contents. The lab contained a cloud chamber allowing the viewer to watch alpha particles traveling at 12,000 miles per second (19,000,000 m/s), a spinthariscope showing the results of radioactive disintegration on a fluorescent screen, and an electroscope measuring the radioactivity of different substances in the set.

  7. Separatory funnel - Wikipedia

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    The tap-controlled outlet is designed to drain the liquid out of the funnel. On top of the funnel there is a standard taper joint which fits with a ground glass or Teflon stopper. [4] To use a separating funnel, the two phases and the mixture to be separated in solution are added through the top with the stopcock at the bottom closed.

  8. Laboratory glassware - Wikipedia

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    Brown glass jars with some clear lab glassware in the background Laboratory glassware may be made from several types of glass , each with different capabilities and used for different purposes. Borosilicate glass is a type of transparent glass that is composed of boron oxide and silica, its main feature is a low coefficient of thermal expansion ...

  9. Decomposition - Wikipedia

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    The decomposition of food, either plant or animal, called spoilage in this context, is an important field of study within food science. Food decomposition can be slowed down by conservation. The spoilage of meat occurs, if the meat is untreated, in a matter of hours or days and results in the meat becoming unappetizing, poisonous or infectious.