Stopper

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A stopper is a conical closure used to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or other conical openings.

General

A stopper has the form of a cone frustum. It is made of glass, plastic (PE, PTFE), rubber, wood (cork). The glass stoppers have ground glass joint more often than not. Some plastic and rubber stoppers have holes in them, through which tubes can be inserted to inject gas in the bottle.

Availability

Stoppers can be bought from lab suppliers. Rubber and cork stoppers can be found in many hardware stores.

DIY stopper

You can make a stopper by sculpting a rod of plastic. Rubber or cork can also be used.

See also

References

Relevant Sciencemadness threads