A Flask is curved in order to conform to shape of a persons hip or jacket pocket where they are typically stored.
A florence flask (also known as a boiling flask) is a type of flask. It is a piece of laboratory glassware. It can hold chemical solutions. The flask has a round body with a long neck. The flask usually come in volumes of 1 liter. It is similar in shape and function to a round bottom flask. See the Web Links and Related Questions to the left for more information.
The round bottom flask is used frequently for distillation.
A florence flask is a round bottomed flask used for boiling.
A florence flask (also known as a boiling flask) is a type of flask. It is a piece of laboratory glassware. It can hold chemical solutions. The flask has a round body with a long neck. The flask usually come in volumes of 1 liter. It is similar in shape and function to a round bottom flask. See the Web Links and Related Questions to the left for more information.
If its in the shape of a sphere its volume is 696.909703 or 697 cubic mm to the nearest cubed mm.
A round bottom flask is called a boiling flask. I tolerates the stresses of heating better than flat bottom or Erlenmeyer flasks.
conical flask
Conical flask, round bottom flask..
even distribution of heat
Not enough information has been given such as the height of the flask.
MY ANSWER:A glass flask used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions, which has a spherical shape for uniform heating, and one or more long cylindrical necks.
You could be referring to a florence flask or a volumetric flask.See the Related Questions links to the left for more information.