Often a wire gauze is placed on top of the tripod to provide a flat base for glassware.
What is a tripod and gauze mat used for.
Tripods are usually made of stainless steel or aluminium and lightly built for portability within the lab.
Gauze mat plural gauze mats a piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly.
Circa 1848 1950.
Used to heat chemicals.
Item sh 850152 wire gauze mat bunsen burner circa 1910 summary.
A gauze mat is used below bunsen burners as it protects the tripod or surface which the bunsen burner might be on.
Tripods are generally tall enough for a bunsen burner to be placed underneath.
The gauze mat is what is placed ontop of a tripod to hold said beaker container.
A laboratory tripod is a three legged platform used to support flasks and beakers.
Noun plural gauze mats 1.
The gauze is used with a bunsen burner tripod and is placed over the gas flame.
A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly.