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[*] posted on 23-11-2010 at 00:52
Emerging amateur with a question about hotplates.


Hello, everyone. I'm happy to be a member here.

I only start this topic after searching online and using the search function here until I gave up. I just would like to know peoples' opinions on when to buy a digital hotplate/stirrer. In general, will the 1-10 dial be accurate enough for the basic experiments I'll be doing, or would the extra money be a good investment?

Thank you for your thoughts.
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[*] posted on 23-11-2010 at 01:21


Welcome! :D

For most org. synthesis purposes, you don't need a stirrer, a heat source (and sometimes "boiling chips") is enough. Do you mean when or do you mean where to buy a stirrer/hotplate? When -- only you can tell, where -- obvious places to look is e-bay kind of places, and you can also build one yourself, UTFG.




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[*] posted on 23-11-2010 at 09:36


Unless you have some purpose in mind requiring exact repeatability of the setting the dial type should be plenty adequate.



The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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[*] posted on 23-11-2010 at 13:16


Thank you both!
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