Weighing boats, dishes & paper

Weighing paper suits small amounts of powder: it is light, cheap and can be folded to pour. A boat with a spout makes it easy to transfer powder into a narrow opening. A square or round dish suits larger amounts or liquids. On an analytical balance, choose the lightest option that holds your sample. Paper with a smooth, glazed surface releases powder more completely. See analytical balances. Unsure which one fits? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

Static charge makes powder cling to the wall of the boat and disturbs the reading on an analytical balance, so the value drifts or the powder does not transfer completely. Antistatic plastic or glass limits that effect. Ionisers and other balance accessories help further in dry rooms. Avoid touching the boat with bare hands, as that can add charge. See balance accessories, calibration and certificates. Need advice for your set-up? Mail sales@luminixhealth.com.

Plastic boats, polystyrene or PP, are disposable and suit most substances. Aluminium dishes are heat resistant, which makes them the usual choice for drying and moisture determination. Glass is inert and reusable, and suits solvents that would attack plastic. Choose by what happens to the sample after weighing. Check heat resistance before drying in an oven. Moisture analysers are in moisture analysers. For a quote or a second opinion, write to sales@luminixhealth.com.

The boat must fit on the weighing pan and inside the draught shield of your balance, and its own weight must stay well below the weighing range, so enough capacity remains for the sample. Always tare with the empty boat on the pan before adding the sample. Handle boats with tweezers or gloves. On a precision balance larger dishes are fine; see precision balances. Questions about a specific product? Contact sales@luminixhealth.com.

A weighing boat, dish or paper is the disposable surface a powder sits on while a balance is read. It has to be antistatic enough not to jump off the pan, and light enough not to use up the balance range.

The small tools of the bench are what the hand actually holds: a spatula for a powder, forceps for an object that must stay clean, a brush for a narrow neck, a desiccator when a dried sample must not take up water again. None of these reads a measurement. They keep the measurement possible. The apparatus around them is listed under ISO laboratory apparatus.

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

The neighbouring shelves are Spatulas & spoons, Other lab tools & accessories, Lab furniture, trolleys & storage, Tweezers & forceps, Scissors, scalpels & dissecting instruments, Desiccators & desiccant, Grease, boiling stones & sealants, Timers, stopwatches & calculators, Stationery, books & lab notebooks, Brushes & cleaning tools, Stirring rods, spreaders & glass tools, Cutting & sealing tools and Gas handling & burners accessories. The category above this shelf is Tools & accessories.

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