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Subject: How do the various types of pipette differ from each other in purpose?

Date: Sun Mar 6 12:48:04 2011
Posted by Gemma
Grade level: 10-12 School: No school entered.
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Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1299440884.Ch
Message:

I understand that Pasteur pipettes are made of plastic but am unsure whether or
not they can be used for measuring substances. Is their purpose only to
transport substances, not measure them?
Also, is a Pasteur pipette the same as a dropper pipette? How does a Pasteur
pipette differ from other types of pipettes found in a chemistry lab?

Is it only the glass pipettes and the other type of pipette that look like this:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pipette&view=detail&id=D32FDB5919AE17F3879BAFC3EC664898CFC2FC07&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR
that are used to measure volumes of substances?

Thank you




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