Beakers

A low-form (Griffin) beaker stands wider and lower, so it is more stable on a hotplate and easier to stir or swirl. A tall-form (Berzelius) beaker spatters less when you stir or titrate and takes up less bench space, but its height makes it easier to knock over. For general dissolution and heating, pick low form, such as the DURAN® low-form beaker with graduation and spout, 50 ml, 10 pieces. For titration, choose tall form, such as the RASOTHERM tall beaker, 100 ml, 10 pieces. Both sit in our beakers collection.

Choose glass when you heat, work with solvents or need a clear view of the contents, for example the DURAN® low-form beaker, 1000 ml, 1 piece. Choose plastic when breakage is the bigger risk, in teaching labs or for routine transfers: the PMP Griffin beaker, clear, with spout, 50 ml, 1 piece stays transparent, and the PP measuring beaker, 1000 ml, 1 piece is a robust everyday option. Plastic tolerates less heat than glass, so check the material's temperature and chemical resistance against your method before use. See the beakers collection.

As a rule, choose a beaker of about twice your working volume, so you have room to stir and heat without boiling over. Graduation marks on a beaker are approximate, so for exact volumes use volumetric flasks and cylinders. Small sizes usually come in packs: the DURAN® low-form beaker without graduation, 5 ml, comes as 10 pieces, and the graduated 25 ml version as 10 pieces. For larger preparations, the DURAN® low-form beaker, 1000 ml, is sold as 1 piece. Send your list to sales@luminixhealth.com for one quote.

A glass beaker made for laboratory heating can go on a hotplate or over a burner, provided you heat it gradually. Over a flame, place it on a wire gauze rather than in direct contact. Never set a hot beaker down on a cold or wet surface, as the sudden temperature change can crack it. Plastic beakers do not belong on a hotplate. Suitable glass examples are the RASOTHERM tall beaker, 150 ml, 10 pieces and the DURAN® low-form beaker, 1000 ml, 1 piece. Hotplates and stirrers are in heating, drying and cooling.

A beaker is an open, straight-sided working vessel with a spout. It is for dissolving, heating and pouring. The graduations are a guide, not a volumetric calibration. Low form and tall form differ in stability and in how easily a liquid splashes.

A beaker is an open working vessel: easy to pour, poor as a measure. An Erlenmeyer flask has a flat base and a conical wall so a liquid can be swirled without climbing out. A round-bottom flask is for heating under a condenser, because the heat meets a curved wall and the joint at the neck connects to the rest of the glassware. Borosilicate is the glass that survives the temperature change. These forms are listed under ISO laboratory glassware.

This shelf belongs to Beakers & flasks, inside Labware. Luminix Health distributes this range for laboratory use.

The neighbouring shelves are Round-bottom flasks, Erlenmeyer flasks, Reaction vessels & jacketed vessels, Flat-bottom flasks, Flasks (other) and Beaker & flask accessories. The category above this shelf is Beakers & flasks.

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