burette

Graduated liquid dispenser

A burette is a graduated glass tube with a stopcock at the bottom, used in chemistry to dispense precise, measured amounts of liquid.

It's essential equipment for titrations, where one solution is added drop by drop to another until a reaction completes: She recorded the burette reading after each addition.

Also spelled buret.

measurement

graduated

Completed formal studies

dispense · volume · quantitative · readout · stopcock · increments · capacity · scale · markings · zero point

apparatus

glass

Transparent solid from sand

  • stopcockValve controlling fluid passage
  • clampDevice for holding tight
  • standUpright support structure

reservoir · tip · barrel · valve · borosilicate · Teflon · digital · automatic · rubber tubing · funnel

titration

endpoint

Final point reached

stoichiometry · analyte · volumetric · standardization · phenolphthalein · molarity · acid-base · bromothymol blue · redox · precipitation

precision

calibration

Adjusting for measurement accuracy

reliability · consistency · sensitivity · repeatability · tolerance · error · uncertainty · fine-tuning · incremental · meticulous

Categories
Opposites
precision of volume delivery

burettebucket

Open-top carrying vessel

beaker · container · carboy · drum · flask

variable vs. fixed volume dispensing

buretteladle

Deep spoon for serving

funnel · pipette · micropipette · measuring spoon · measuring cup

Family

buret

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G