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Borosilicate Beakers Made from Wide Glass Tube
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Borosilicate Beakers Made from Wide Glass Tube

A beaker is a glass cylinder with a flat bottom and a small pouring lip; the usual low form, devised by John Joseph Griffin, is about 1.4 times as tall as it is wide. Made from wide borosilicate tube, it takes the heat of a flame or hot plate: close one end flat, open and lip the other, anneal, and mark the volumes. The picture: a small low-form beaker with its pouring lip and volume marks.
Osezingeni eliphezulu
An hour per beaker, plus annealing

Imiyalelo

1

Cut a length of tube

Choose wide borosilicate tube and score and snap a length a little more than 1.4 times its diameter.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Isethi Yemibhobho YengilaziIsethi Yemibhobho Yengilazi1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isibhoboza SedayimaneIsibhoboza Sedayimane
I-Caliper Yedijithali Yamayintshi Ayi-6I-Caliper Yedijithali Yamayintshi Ayi-6
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
2

Close the bottom flat

Turn one end in the flame until soft, pull off the end to close it as for a test tube, then heat the closed end and press it flat on a graphite or steel plate, turning, until it stands level.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isibani sokuphephetha ingilazi sasetafuleniIsibani sokuphephetha ingilazi sasetafuleni
Ithwezazi (ilebhu)Ithwezazi (ilebhu)
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
Amagilavu Amelana NokushisaAmagilavu Amelana Nokushisa
3

Flare the rim, pull a lip

Heat the open end and flare it slightly with the jacks so the rim is thickened and smooth. Heat one spot of the rim and push it out with a pointed tool to form the pouring lip.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isibani sokuphephetha ingilazi sasetafuleniIsibani sokuphephetha ingilazi sasetafuleni
Jacks (udlawu lwabakhi bengilazi)Jacks (udlawu lwabakhi bengilazi)
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
Amagilavu Amelana NokushisaAmagilavu Amelana Nokushisa
4

Anneal

Put the hot beaker straight into a kiln held at the glass's annealing temperature, soak it, and let it cool slowly so no strain is left.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IsithandoIsithando
Amagilavu Amelana NokushisaAmagilavu Amelana Nokushisa
5

Mark the volumes

Pour in measured water from a measuring cylinder a step at a time and scratch a line at each level with the diamond scriber.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

AmanziAmanzi1 ilitha

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isilinda sokukalaIsilinda sokukala
Isibhoboza SedayimaneIsibhoboza Sedayimane
6

Griffin proportions

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Limits

The shape and proportions are as Wikipedia gives them; the working steps are our lampwork practice. Only borosilicate takes heating; an unannealed beaker can crack on its own.

Izinto

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Amathuluzi Adingekayo

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