answersLogoWhite

0

A hot plate is an adjustable heating source which is ideal for heating beakers, erlenmeyer flasks, hot water baths, and other flat-bottomed containers. It is essentially an electric stove top that is used in the laboratory.

The temperature is adjustable (usually on a scale of 0 to 10) and there is very often a built in spinning magnetic stirrer (to be used in combination with a magnetic star bar) so that you can efficiently stir a solution while heating it. Some have computer controllers to maintain the temperature at an exact level (for instance when using a water or oil bath).

A hot plate or heating mantle should always be used in place of a Bunsen burner or other open-flame source to heat a flammable liquid.

See the Related Questions and Web Links to the left for more information.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is operation process for hot plate with magnetic stirrer?

This particular hot plate is a common piece of laboratory equipment used for mixing solutions in the laboratory. It has a slow spinning magnetic field generated in the hot plate and this spins a plastic coated magnet placed inside the solution being heated. Turn the hot plate on, place the beaker with the solution on the hot plate. Place the magnet in the solution, adjust the temperature and speed of the magnet with dials on the front of the hot plate. This hot plate does not get hot enough usually for cooking.


What is used to heat mixtures in the laboratory?

depends on the lab, but the mot common is the bunson burner.


What is a hot plate thermolyne?

A hot plate thermolyne is a type of laboratory equipment used for heating substances in scientific experiments. It typically consists of a flat surface that can reach high temperatures and is commonly used for tasks such as heating solutions or melting solids in a controlled manner.


What agar plate is used to grow yeast and moulds in laboratory?

Sim


What is the uses of stirrer or hot plate?

This is not a question. There are many different types of hot plates with magnetic stirrers. They are used in physics for many different things when conducting experiments such as melting ice or warming things up.


What is the laboratory tool that its purpose is heating and boiling?

this may be either a gas powered Bunsen burner or an electric hot plate


When would one use a hot plate?

There are a number of circumstances when a hot plate would be used. Cooking is one of these. Hot plates are also extensively used in chemistry laboratories.


What laboratory tool is used in picking very hot object?

The tongs.


Can plate tectonics be observed in the laboratory?

No


What is the definition of hot plate?

hot|plate[ˈhɒtpleɪt] NOUNhot-plate (noun)a flat heated surface (or a set of these), typically metal or ceramic, used for cooking food or keeping it hot. "he scrubbed the oven and hotplate"


What is the definition of a Hot plate?

hot|plate[ˈhɒtpleɪt] NOUNhot-plate (noun)a flat heated surface (or a set of these), typically metal or ceramic, used for cooking food or keeping it hot. "he scrubbed the oven and hotplate"


What is used to heat glass beakers that have chemicals in them?

A hot plate.