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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 16y agoTo cook something using direct heat (eg, put heat the contents of a saucepan).
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∙ 10y agoIt is a metal plate that is often plugged into an outlet. It heats up substances. Put the substance in a vial and carefully set it on the hot plate. Be careful, it is hot!
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∙ 10y agoA hot plate is a 1 or 2 burner electric cook top that is used on top of the counter instead of a regular stove.
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∙ 15y agoa hot plate is a flat surface that can be heated to heat materials,glass containers that hold liquids,and in general just to heat things found in a lab.
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∙ 13y agoIt can burn you, also its a good idea if you want to keep food warm
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∙ 11y agoSupposedly to keep food warm ... but many are used for cooking.
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∙ 12y agoIt's pretty much the same as a hot plate in cooking--it's a thing you set a container on and plug in to heat up the contents of the container.
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∙ 9y agoThe principle of a laboratory hot plate is that it is used to heat various glassware. Glass is used as it is chemically neutral.
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What is glass plate as laboratory apparatus?
== == You put a specimen on a glass plate and then view the specimen under a microscope. It acts sort of like a slide.
What are the usual properties of a standard laboratory balance?
standing on a plate with a poodle in one hand and a flute in the other while listening to macarena and spying on your next door neighbor's hot daughter
What is a tong and how are they use?
a tong is a subtitute for pasta grabber a tong is a substitute for pasta grabber
What apparatus is used to boil water?
A boiler, a teapot, and various scientific instruments I.e hot plate or Bunson burner
Can an evaporating dish be heated on a hot plate?
The evaporating dish would not be harmed if it was heated on a hot plate, but it should be heated on a bunsen burner.
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.
Which type of utensils maybe used over hot plate?
What type of utensils can be used on a hot plate
What agar plate is used to grow yeast and moulds in laboratory?
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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
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.
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 can be used to easily track the direction of plate movement?
Hot spots can be used to track plate movements.
What is glass plate as laboratory apparatus?
== == You put a specimen on a glass plate and then view the specimen under a microscope. It acts sort of like a slide.
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"
