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mEniscus is the curve or crescent of the surface on a liquid or substance and can be concave or convex. The meniscus should be taking in to account when a readings made to make precise measurements.
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When reading the volume of a liquid in the graduated cylinder or you must read from the bottom of the?
You must read from the bottom of the meniscus. In a narrow, graduated glass cylinder, water has a slightly domed surface, with the centre being higher than the side, so giving a false reading if the centre height is taken.
How do you read volume of colored and colorless liquid?
Depends on how much liquid you have. Doesn't really matter if it's colourless or not, either. Colourless doesn't mean invisible. I don't think volume would be your primary concern if your liquid was literally invisible. If you have a small amount (between 10 and 0.1 ml) I would probably use a graduated pipette to suck the liquid up and then look at how much it comes to (try and evacuate or account for any gas pockets). If you know exactly what your liquid is (say, water) a better way would be to weigh something before you put the liquid into it, then weigh it again afterwards. The difference in weight can be used to get a volume of the liquid if you know its density. This will not work well at all for mysteries or mixed solutions. BUT what you can do is use a micropipette to take an EXACT amount of your mystery liquid or solution then weigh this exact amount. Do this for 1ml (or scale the weight afterwards to 1 ml's worth) and you just got the density. Now weigh your solution and work out the volume using V = Mass/Density. (Don't forget the add back in the 1ml or so you took out to find the density in the first place!) A more common solution to the problem would be to just use a measuring cylinder. This is less accurate but actually it's usually good to 0.1 of a cm accuracy, which isn't bad at all. Remember that surface tension can cause a bulge at the top of your liquid and you should measure from the bottom of the bulge (where the liquid meets the glass) not the top.
Why does water in a graduated cylinder form a miniscus?
Because of the water in the cylinder goes slanted...forming a miniscus
What is the name of the bubble?
Miniscus!!
What rhymes with hibiscus?
Miniscus
What is the name of the bubble in the middle of the graduated cylinder?
miniscus
When reading the volume of fluid in a graduated cylinder the eye should be?
at the bottom of the curve there are two miniscus(curves) in all liquids present in cylinders.when a coloress liquid is present then we see the lower miniscus but when we see colored fluid we see the upper miniscus.
Which is the only liquid which is measured from an upper miniscus?
Mercury (quicksilver)
Point at the bottom of curve of a liquid in a graduated cylinder?
miniscus
Do you read a miniscus from top to bottom or bottom to top?
bottom
Name the line scientists look for when taking the volume of a liquid?
miniscus
When pouring liquid medication do you read the measure at the highest point or the lowest point of the miniscus?
lowest
When you overfill your glass with water and theres a slight bulge at the top of the glass you are witnessing the property of water?
miniscus mate
Why would pregnancy hurt torn meniscus?
Miniscus is located in the knee. Maybe the extra weight of fetus would have an extra effect on the pain of a torn miniscus. Unlike other parts of the knee meniscus has some capability of healing, a little extra weight shouldn't hurt it, maybe you hurt it some other way.
