Question

A student needed exactly 45.3ml of a solution. what piece of glassware should that student use? justify your choice.

Answer 1

The student should use the graduated cylinder. A graduated is the most common laboratory glassware when measuring volumes. It has calibrations by 1, 0.5 or 0.1 depending on the maximum volume. You have to make sure though, that you measure the volume by looking at the lower meniscus of the liquid at eye level.