About 500ml Wash Bottle
500 mL wash bottle is a common piece of laboratory equipment used to dispense small amounts of liquids, typically distilled water or other solvents, for rinsing glassware, adding solvents to reactions, or washing residues from laboratory surfaces.
Uses
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Rinsing glassware: e.g., washing precipitates from beakers, funnels, or test tubes.
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Dispensing solvents: for cleaning or diluting substances.
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Refilling laboratory equipment: such as burettes or pipettes.
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Maintaining sterile conditions: in microbiology labs (using sterile distilled water bottles).
A typical 500 mL wash bottle has:
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Body:
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Cap with Delivery Tube:
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A screw cap attached to a bent nozzle (usually polypropylene or polyethylene).
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The inner tube extends to the bottom of the bottle to allow liquid withdrawal when squeezed.
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The outer nozzle controls the direction of the stream.