conical flask

Tapered glass container

A conical flask is a laboratory glass container with a flat bottom, wide base, and sides that taper to a narrow cylindrical neck.

The shape allows swirling without spillage and reduces evaporation.

Also called an Erlenmeyer flask after its inventor.

She heated the solution in a conical flask over a Bunsen burner.

chemistry

titration

Measuring concentration by addition

solvent · distillation · filtration · synthesis · precipitate · acid · base · alkali · catalyst · crystallization

laboratory

beaker

Laboratory measuring container

test tube · funnel · clamp · rubber stopper · glassware · apparatus · bench · fume hood · wash bottle · ring stand

education

experiment

Systematic investigation procedure

biology · school · university · lab coat · safety goggles · worksheet · procedure · hypothesis · observation · curriculum

measurement

graduated

Completed formal studies

meniscus · calibrated · quantitative · dispense · pour · fill · markings · liquid · readings · liters

Opposites
shape/geometry

conical flaskbeaker

Laboratory measuring container

graduated cylinder · test tube

function/purpose

conical flaskgraduated cylinder

Marked tube for liquid volume

burette · pipette · measuring cylinder · crucible · retort

mixing/swirling suitability

conical flaskbeaker

Laboratory measuring container

petri dish · watch glass

Family

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