Evaporating dish

Evaporating dishes
Three evaporation dishes in various sizes
Other namesEvaporating basin
UsesEvaporation of solids and supernatant fluids
Related itemsCrucible

An evaporating dish is a piece of laboratory glassware used for the evaporation of solutions and supernatant liquids, and sometimes to their melting point. Evaporating dishes are used to evaporate excess solvents – most commonly water – to produce a concentrated solution or a solid precipitate of the dissolved substance.

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