Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Possible Uses for Broken Glassware

DionSukhram6 - 14-10-2017 at 14:23

I just got a new large crystallizing dish but of course I had to drop it and it broke into 6 large pieces. I thought about gluing it back together but I don't think that would work very well. So, what do you all do with your broken glassware if you at least want to get something out of it?

Plunkett - 14-10-2017 at 14:44

You can rough it up with some sandpaper then break it into smaller pieces with a hammer and use it as boiling stones.

arkoma - 14-10-2017 at 15:06

also column packing for fractional disty's

NEMO-Chemistry - 14-10-2017 at 16:51

Ball mill it a little, makes a good filter layer on buc filter if you sit it on top the filter paper, easy to clean as well

The Volatile Chemist - 15-10-2017 at 16:25

I second arkoma, my mom once gave me a broken ceramic plate, it's now being used for boiling chips and column packing...