19) Lab Essentials : Conical Flask

Microbiology Lab Essentials :

Glasswares :

19) Conical Flask/Erlenmeyer flask :

A bottle, usually of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck, used especially in laboratory experimentation.

It is named after the German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer (1825–1909), who created it in 1860.

The Conical flask has diverse uses such as holding and measuring chemical liquid samples, but can also be used to mix, heat and boil chemicals.

Flasks can be used for making solutions or for holding, containing, collecting, or sometimes volumetrically measuring chemicals, samples, solutions, etc.

For chemical reactions or other processes such as mixing, heating, cooling, dissolving, precipitation, boiling (as in distillation), or analysis.

                          Capacity :

The Capacity of Conical Flasks :

25 ml ,50 ml ,100 ml ,125 ml ,150 ml , 200 ml , 250 ml , 500 ml ,1000 ml and so on ...

The Erlenmeyer flask has diverse uses such as holding and measuring chemical liquid samples, but can also be used to mix, heat and boil chemicals.