glass rod
Clear solid tube
A glass rod is a solid cylindrical stick of glass, typically used in laboratory settings for stirring liquids, spreading substances, or transferring small amounts of liquid.
The smooth, nonreactive surface makes it ideal for chemical work: She used a glass rod to mix the solution.
Glass rods also appear in scientific demonstrations of static electricity.
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- stir stickBeverage mixing implement
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- lab equipmentTools for experiments
- beakerLaboratory measuring container
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- rodsdowel, pushrod, pole, shaft, axle
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Thomas Edison
- laboratory glassbeakers, test tubes, flasks, pipettes, graduated cylinders
- static electricitystatic cling, electric charge, static buildup, electrostatic, triboelectric
- electrochemistryelectrode, anode, cathode, electrodes, anodes