A watch glass is sometimes used to measure small amounts of solids and evaporate miscellaneous liquids/ chemicals in a laboratory.
A watchglass can be used as a beaker cover, but you can also place small amounts of chemicals on it and then heat it (for example, to evaporate some water from a wet chemical).From Wikipedia:A watch glass is a circular, slightly concave piece of glass used in chemistry as a surface to evaporate a liquid, or as a cover for a beaker. The latter use is generally applied to prevent dust or other particles entering the beaker; the watch glass does not completely seal the beaker, and so gas exchanges still occur. When used as an evaporation surface, a watch glass allows closer observation of precipitates or crystallisation, and can be placed on a surface of contrasting colour to improve the visibility overall. Watch glasses are so named because they are identical to the glass used for the front of old-fashioned pocket watches. In reference to this, large watch glasses are occasionally known as clock glasses.See the Related Questions and Web Links to the left for a picture of watch glass and more information about other laboratory apparatus.
Yes, its just that a magnifying glass has a different prescription than eyeglasses.
window panes, eye glasses, drinking glasses, glass bricks, light bulbs, tv screens.
used to hold the glass glides while staining them. (:
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They are useful for staining samples of biological tissue as only a small amount of stain needs to be added which will then sit in the centre of the watch glass.
The magnifying lens that a watchmaker uses for detail work is called a loop.
They are useful for staining samples of biological tissue as only a small amount of stain needs to be added which will then sit in the centre of the watch glass.
For example to contain a sample to be weighed; or to make a chemical reaction at small scale; or to cover a beaker.
A watch glass hasn't a symbol.
For one, the US President uses bullet proof glass.
For one, the US President uses bullet proof glass.
A watchglass can be used as a beaker cover, but you can also place small amounts of chemicals on it and then heat it (for example, to evaporate some water from a wet chemical).From Wikipedia:A watch glass is a circular, slightly concave piece of glass used in chemistry as a surface to evaporate a liquid, or as a cover for a beaker. The latter use is generally applied to prevent dust or other particles entering the beaker; the watch glass does not completely seal the beaker, and so gas exchanges still occur. When used as an evaporation surface, a watch glass allows closer observation of precipitates or crystallisation, and can be placed on a surface of contrasting colour to improve the visibility overall. Watch glasses are so named because they are identical to the glass used for the front of old-fashioned pocket watches. In reference to this, large watch glasses are occasionally known as clock glasses.See the Related Questions and Web Links to the left for a picture of watch glass and more information about other laboratory apparatus.
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