At 01:06 PM 12/5/2010, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >It is routine in instructional chemistry labs to use electrically >heated surfaces (hot plate) to heat volatile, combustible liquids. The two things I really miss from my little lab in the Navy are a small centrifuge and a heated stirring-plate. The spectrophotometer would be nice too, I suppose. > Of course, one isn't supposed to spill the stuff on the hot > plate, but rather to keep the liquid in a container. I assume that > the vapors are not expected to come in contact with the surface > because they waft away, though they would with a flame if that were > used. Of course, a flame is much hotter than the surface of the > hot plate, also. I was thinking of surface temps of 400-700F. Come to think of it, a spare steam iron and an IR thermometer would be close to ideal. Pretty sure my iron can make it to at least 600F. Yrs, d |
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