Flasks

Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, Erlenmeyer flask or conical flask (or titration flask) is one of the most widely used apparatus in biological & chemical industries, and laboratories. Made of borosilicate glass or polypropylene. It is useful for titration by placing it below a burette and for dissolving the solutes and/or mixing/transferring of liquids. It can also be used as a support for filter funnel for carrying out filtration. In biology, it is very useful for making media, growing microbial culture by incubating it or by keeping it on a shaker to promote aeration/ oxygenation. It is available in different size range 10 to 1000 ml. It is heat resistant and can be autoclaved for sterilization. Different type of flask called as a volumetric flask, being graduated, is used to make a solution with specific volume and concentration.

This category encompasses flasks made of polypropylene or other plastic material.