How to use a burette The burette is a type of laboratory glassware used upright with the aid of a universal support, and it is used for the correct volumetric dosage of a reagent in a titration and they are calibrated to pour. At the bottom end the burette has a...

Meniscus reading and its influence on volumetry The reading of a meniscus is a critical step in measuring the volume of any volumetric instrument, being even the biggest source of error associated with volumetric articles is bigger as the cross section of the article...

Class A and Class B difference Laboratory glassware LINEX If you use laboratory glassware you may have notice that there is some letters, namely A’s and B’s. Those stand for CL A (Class A) and CL B (Class B). These are very important. Let’s see the difference between...

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Closed period fom 30/11/2020 to 20/12/2020 Vilabo – Laboratory Glassware will, will be closed next Monday (30th of November) and on Teusday the 1st of December ( holiday). We will resume our work on Wednesday (2nd of December).

Masks types There are a lot types of masks in the market: FFP1, FFP2, FFP3, etc… . Where we are going to expose the diferente caratheristics of this three type of masks: FFP1, FFP2, FFP3: FFP1 Mask – This mask also has a variant with a valve. His caratheristics are:...

What is it? Developed by Emil Erlenmeyer the Erlenmeyer Flask is a type of laboratory glassware witch has many uses. It can be used to make mixes, to be used as a container and also to make titrations. Limitations Although is widely used in laboratories, the...

A graduated cylinder is a laboratory glass instrument witch is used to measure liquid volumes with less precision than a volumetric flask ou a volumetric pipette. There are lots of types of measuring cylinders witch can bem ade out of glass or plastic. Tehir volumes...

What is it? Volumetric Flask is a type of laboratory glassware that is very comon in chemestry labs. Is used to prepare and dilute precise volumes in a solution. It’s very accurate and, in smaller volumes, the margino of error is almost nonexistent. There are...

What is it Borosilicate Glass? Borosilicate Glass is a type of glass with a high chemical resistance and a very low coefficient of expansion, so it has a very high thermal resistance. For such characteristics this type of glass is very often used in laboratories,...