Is a graduated cylinder more accurate than a beaker?

Answer 1

As a chemist I can tell you that there are a significant purpose differences between the two, though sometime masked in high school chemistry. In college you learn that the graduated cylinder are more specifically designed to measure volume of a liquid. The test tube is glass which is safer to do most chemical reactions in - meaning the test tube is not generally used for measurement but rather a container for liquids.

Answer 2

A beaker is a simple laboratory piece of glassware that resembles a coffee mug without the handle. On its side are markings denoting approximately how much liquid is inside.

Laboratory beakers are generally used for stirring, mixing and heating liquids found in laboratory settings.

A graduated cylinder is a standard piece of laboratory glassware used to measure the volume of an object or amount of liquid. As its name indicates, it is a glass cylinder with marks along the side similar to those on a measuring cup. The volume is read by looking at the top of the fluid from the side and reading the mark on the glass from the lowest portion of the lens-like meniscus of the liquid.

Answer 3

You can't determine which is more precise, but a graduated cylinder would be more accurate. It is probably true that a graduated cylinder is also more precise, but you'd need experimentation to prove that. Precision is how reproducible the measurement is. Accuracy is how close the measurement is to the real value.

Answer 4

graduated cylinder is more accurate than beaker.

Answer 5

Graduated cylinders are more accurate than beakers for measuring the volume of liquids.

Answer 6

a graduated cylinder

Answer 7

Graduate Cylinder

Answer 8

A graduated cylinder.

Answer 9

yes