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SOLUTION: Erlenmeyer flask

The Erlenmeyer flask is one of the most widely glass bottles used in the laboratory. ;

conical vessel is a wide base and narrow neck. There are different capacities and with some variations. Usually include a few brands to learn about the volume contained. It was designed in 1861 by Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer, hence the moniker of this vessel, which very well you guessed all.

Thanks to the characteristic shape of the conical flask was largely avoids the loss of the liquid by shaking or by evaporation. It is also important to have a narrow neck can cover it with a ground stopper, or with hydrophobic cotton. Is used instead of the classic glass precipitates when they contain a liquid medium should be agitated continuously without risk of spilling its contents, or when to work with violent chemical reactions.

is often used to heat substances to high temperatures but not vigorously, the second task is often left for the distillation flask. In microbiology is used to prepare culture media.