Wednesday, 6 February 2013

How to take care of your laboratory equipments

Checking quality data collection is completely important for the good results of any science experiment. Lab equipments like test tubes, beakers, scientific balances and Erlenmeyer flasks keep chemical reagents and the product of major reactions. Because the products and reactants in a chemical reaction must be properly balanced and weighed for later research as well as the fact that some reactions are not easy to start and maintain holding glassware and other laboratory instruments free of impurities is required. Appropriate care of scientific equipments is a necessary skill for any modern day physical scientist.

The most basic necessary step to check that lab instruments is free of impurities is to wash any item utilized, whether after or before the starting of an experiment, with deionized water. DI water is free of electric charge so it is important to use while cleaning the lab equipments. After washing the lab equipments you have to properly dry it using a towel.

Scientific instruments are broken all too often, but the worse is when it is managed roughly or kept improperly and produce chemical films or hidden cracks. Many chemistry experiments need the usage of string bases and acids that must be kept in glassware. They cause serious burns if they are exposed. Scientific equipments improperly stored and cleaned can also be infected with chemicals that will go through unwanted side reactions during an experiment.



Careful storage and maintenance of laboratory equipments is of extreme necessary and fairly simple.