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Burette
diagram of modern burette

A burette is a vertical tube-like instrument, used to measure and separate known amounts of liquids in laboratories. Burettes are very precise and one can measure the volume of a fluid with the precision of ±0.05 mL with them.

History

Francois Antoine Henri Descroizilles developed the first burette on 1791. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac invented a more complete burette later.


Images for kids

  • Specification of burette

    Specification (on top of the burette)

  • Meniscus of water in burette

    Meniscus

  • Burette stand and burette

    Burette with Ring stand

  • Stopcock

    plastic stopcock used in glass volumetric burette

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Bureta para niños

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