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well i was talking about hemistry with my father who used to work in a pigment plant, in the lab (30 years ago), and found that he still had a bunch
of pyrex so i now have
2 x 2000ml beakers
2 x 1500ml beakers
3 x 1000ml beakers
3 x 500ml beakers
3 x 250ml beakers
2 x 100ml beakers
1 x 50ml beaker
1x5000ml Filtering Flask (Heavy)
1xLarge ceramic filter funnel w/ rubber ring
all Pyrex brand
grand total
$0.00
not a bad start for free eh'?
[Edited on 28-9-2007 by Slimz]
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Its always good to have quality glassware, and it is even better if you get it for free .
Beakers of all kinds of volumes are a must to start with, besides of course the most basic things like test tubes and funnels.
You also should obtain some means of heating the beakers in a safe way. Most simple setup is an alcohol lamp, with a tripod and a gauze or asbestos
sheet, better is a hot plate.
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Splendid!
I also am pleased for you ![:)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
having nice quality glassware is a pleasure in itself, and of course FREE is always the best price
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Good thing you aren't in Texas!
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LOL I read that post...
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Quote: | Originally posted by Sauron
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well I also Got VERY lucky today too, I got talking to the Lab Tech at college today, and it seems she also has a passion for chem and nice glassware,
so we got talking, and she took me into the stock room to see all the chems and the original bottles some 50+ years old, apparently the place was a
real mess when she took over.
and even though she`s cleaned quite a bit up there`s a Load of stuff really old that has to be gotten rid of...
That`s where I come in! ![;)](./images/smilies/wink.gif)
so all being well, next Tuesday I`ll have sevral crates of ground glass reagent bottles all marked up, such a Sulphuric acid, Nitric acid, Sodium
Hydroxide etc... as well as Kipps apparatus!
this isn`t all though, as there`s plenty more to sort out, other things will be mine to! ![:D](./images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
so Christmas has come early this year for the YT Lab!
naturally she said No to the old chems, but I aint greedy.
[Edited on 28-9-2007 by YT2095]
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Awesome... i was happy with my haul but it sound like you got lucky too...
I just ordered some more from agile-fx.com, some beakers and a separation funnel and some tubes and a thermometer..
onlinesciencemall.com sells lab plastic ware at ok prices too (like wash bottles etc)
plasticware link
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Quote: | Originally posted by Sauron
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What post?
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http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9144&a...
[Edited on 28-9-2007 by Slimz]
Johnny was a chemist’s son, but now he is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4
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O M F G
The stupidity..
Anyway, great for you Slimz, good glassware is always nice :-) is it still in good shape?
[Edited on 28-9-2007 by Mardec]
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yeah its all unchipped and in great condition
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Heh, today I bought 6 1000ml volumetric flasks with stoppers for £3 each from an army surplus store..they appear to have no defects..I also got 3
reduction adapters for large reaction vessels for £1 each. Which is nice.
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes,
Unguent, powdered, or liquid - troubled, confused
And drowned the sense in odours.
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I managed to inherit some glassware my father had when he was a home chemist... back in the days when you could go to your pharmacist and say "please
sir, i'm a home chemist, could you order some nitric acid in for me".
Most of my stuff I bought, at great expense. I'm not even sure I could do that now, 5 years later.
And ye Slimz, free glassware is good glassware.
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I have gone thru the attic and come across a few more large beakers (2500+) but i have a problem...
i have one of these
http://www.chemistry.pomona.edu/Chemistry/1alab/www/fall2006...
its about that size too (5000-6000 ml)
but its full of dirt.. i dumped most of it out but how the hell do you clean one of thease things...
I was thinking of puting sand and water in it to scrape off the dirt (swirling it around).. is that OK for the glass?
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Use NaCl and water. Add an excess of salt to act as your abrasive.
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so salt and water .. ok...
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Since we're all bragging about free glassware ...
Years ago my wife was working at a med equipment supply company. They had decided to stop stocking glassware, and were having a hard time offloading
it (even at a discount). So it was all going to be dumped . I found out, and
asked if I could pick up a few pieces (expecting to have to pay). I was led into the storeroom and told "help yourself". I left with three carloads
of brand new Schott Duran ground-joint kit - gratis! Oh happy day!
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well my 1`st load arrived yesterday:
![](http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/yt2095/mixedglass.jpg)
there are 7 bottles there one of each, HCl, H2SO4, HNO3, barium chloride, silver nitrate, ammonia and sodium hydroxide.
![](http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/yt2095/hclglass.jpg)
this is a closeup of the HCl bottle, it`s quite deeply etched and good quality.
![](http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/yt2095/moreglass.jpg)
these are the rest that haven`t been cleaned yet.
I`m still keeping my fingers crossed for the Kipps though!
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And you got that for free YT2095!!?
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that and another car load!
including stuff I have no idea about, but so far I have cataloged:
1, a Hoffman Voltameter
2, Victor Meyer apparatus
3, Landsberger apparatus
4, Washburn & Read apparatus
5, Beckmann freezing point apparatus
6, Cottrel Brown Boiling Point apparatus
7, 3 small bubbler scrubbers
8, load of volumetric stuff
and I haven`t finished yet either, I may post some pics to help me ID a few things, for instance I have a dozen hand blown glass spheres, in each
there is an amount of lead shot, the sealing end of the glass is shaped into a Hook.
if it wasn`t for the fact that where quite heavy and the lead inside leaved the glass looking a but dusty inside, these would Not look out of place on
a Christmas tree ![:)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
I tried one in water and it sinks also.
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Nice!...I am going to suggest not using the NaOH ground glass stoppered bottle...Mine has been frozen shut for a year now.
As for bragging...I had a building at my university be shut down. Lots of fun free stuff, mainly physics machines which I have hidden away and will
never use, but I got some chems and glassware out of it.
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How on Earth are you getting all that stuff for free though?
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