Equipment glassware

Wash all lightly contaminated equipment (glassware, pipettes, hose tubing, etc.) thoroughly to avoid future contamination of yourself or your experiments. 

An electrochemical cell is typically composed of the working, auxihary, and reference electrodes illustrated in Figure 5. Current flows between the working electrode, where the reaction to be monitored takes place, and the auxihary electrode while the potential is controlled between the working electrode and the reference electrode. A potentiostat is also needed to supply the current at the desired potential to drive the redox reactions to be monitored. Table 1 is a listing of several sources of electrochemical equipment, glassware, and electrodes. 

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Carefully assemble all equipment, glassware, reagents and solvents prior to starting the experiment. 

Equipment glassware, the external surfaces of product containers and other such materials must be disinfected before transfer from a contained area using a validated method (see 47 above). Batch documentation can be a particular problem. Only the absolute minimum required to allow operations to GMP standards should enter and leave the area If obviously contaminated, such as by spills or aerosols, or if the organism involved is an exotic, the paperwork must be adequately disinfected through an equipment pass, or the information transferred out by such means as photocopy or fax. 

The common simple laboratory equipment and glassware (hot plates, beakers etc.) is supposed to be available. If special equipment, glassware or plastic ware is needed, it will be mentioned explicitly. 

To ensure that S eas is determined accurately, we calibrate the equipment or instrument used to obtain the signal. Balances are calibrated using standard weights. When necessary, we can also correct for the buoyancy of air. Volumetric glassware can be calibrated by measuring the mass of water contained or delivered and using the density of water to calculate the true volume. Most instruments have calibration standards suggested by the manufacturer. 

Acetone can be handled safely if common sense precautions are taken. It should be used in a weU-ventilated area, and because of its low flash point, ignition sources should be absent. Flame will travel from an ignition source along vapor flows on floors or bench tops to the point of use. Sinks should be rinsed with water while acetone is being used to clean glassware, to prevent the accumulation of vapors. If prolonged or repeated skin contact with acetone could occur, impermeable protective equipment such as gloves and aprons should be worn. 

Pressure rupture of even a small pieee of equipment may result in a serious explosion generating missiles travelling at high veloeity. This is an important eonsideration when using laboratory glassware or industrial glass equipment and pipework. 

Clean up all spillages immediately and check for pockets (e.g. in cracks and crevices) by monitoring Decontaminate equipment such as vacuum pumps and glassware prior to service/maintenance... 

Dry heat sterilisation is used for equipment that can withstand high temperature and dry heat but cannot withstand wet or steam autoclave. This method is often used for glassware as it dries and sterilises in one operation. The pipets must be wrapped in dustproof aluminum foil or placed in metal pipette cans. The can lids are removed during heating and replaced after sterilisation, that is before any dust can get in the can. Disposable items are not recommended for dry heat sterilisation. This method may only be good for permanent reusable glass pipettes. 

Today, the glassware required consists of either a round-bottom flask or a Schlenk tube serving as the reaction chamber. This chamber is equipped with a magnetic stirbar and a Teflon high-vacuum valve (or glass stopcock) which provides for easy vacuum control after attachment to a vacuum line (Fig. 8.7). 

The general layout of work benches, including hoods, was described in Chapter 2. Now comes the decision about where there should be drawers, cupboards, or other features. Small, shallow drawers, for instance, are just right for storing hydrometers and similar pieces of equipment and should be close to where these are to be used. Burets also need shallow drawers, but they must be wide. Certain pieces of glassware need fairly deep drawers. Much equipment calls for cupboards of certain sizes. 

Considering the low stability of the pigments, all manipulations should be carried out in a light-protected environment. Equipment and glassware should be covered with black cloth or aluminum foil low temperatures for evaporation in the rotary evaporator or evaporation of small volumes directly under N2 or Ar should be used. Acidic pH should be avoided. Solutions and extracts should be stored at low temperatures under inert atmosphere and all procedures should be carried out as quickly as possible. 

All operations should be carried out under diffuse light equipment and glassware should be covered by a black cloth or aluminium foil. Atmosphere should be inert air should be replaced by a vacuum or inert gas such as nitrogen (N2) or argon (Ar). 

Use caution and the proper equipment when handling hot apparatus or glassware. Hot glass looks the same as cool glass. 

Scrub all utensils, containers, working surfaces, and equipment with warm 10% trisodium phosphate solution after each sample. Wherever possible, rinse each utensil and piece of equipment with acetone and benzene. Because parathion residues adhere so tenaciously to glass surfaces, subject all glassware to the following sequence of washes warm 10% trisodium phosphate solution, distilled water, acetone, and benzene. Rinse stored glassware with benzene again just prior to use. 

Dry heat is widely used to sterilize glassware and equipment parts in manufacturing areas for parenteral products. It has good penetration power and is not as corrosive as steam. However, heat-up time is... 

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