Liquid has loosely packed particles in it that’s why it flows very quickly from one container to another. There is the various liquid substance we require in our daily life such as water which is an essential part of our daily life. There is some liquid that needs to be measured and it sounds interesting how can we measure it. Milk which we buy every day is measured and then delivered, there are instruments available in the market that can be used for measuring liquid. In this article, we will discuss the same.
Burette
Burnette is usually used in a lab to find the volume of the liquid. The basic need of burette is for the experiment known as titration. It is a long cylindrical tool made up of glass that has a scale reading on its side and a tap at one end and an open mouth at the another. The liquid is poured from the open end in the burette and the reading is taken which indicates the volume of the liquid. The tap is used to slowly pour liquid into the solution to perform the titration experiment successfully.
Measuring Cups And Spoons
Measuring cups and spoons are also known as kitchen tools as they are usually used in the kitchen for the measurement of ingredients to be added to a recipe. These instruments are just like their name suggests in the shape of a cup and a spoon along with measurements on the side, often in U.S. and metric measurements. A spoon measure fractions and wholes of teaspoons and tablespoons where 3 tsp is taken as 1 tpsp. So, it is very easy to convert tsp to tpsp making cooking much easier as now you will have the idea of the exact liquid to be added.
Graduated Cylinders
Graduated cylinders look like a beaker of course made up of glass. It is long and cylindrical in shape along with a spout for pouring liquid in an efficient way. It is mostly used in the laboratory for performing various experiments. Graduated cylinders are available in numerous sizes which are more effective to use with the measurement in a milliliter of 10 mL, 25 mL, 50 mL,100 mL, 500 mL, and 1,000 mL. This is one of the best-measuring instruments that can be used to measure any kind of liquid.
Syringes
A syringe is an instrument that helps in measuring liquid for medical use. It is very easily available in the market because of its demand everywhere. It is made up of plastic which has one end attached to the needle and the other attached to the pump. Pushing the pump upwards results in filling the syringe and pushing down helps in emptying it. It has a measuring scale marked on its side which helps in measuring the dose of medicine required by the patient. It is a very useful and effective way of measuring a small amount of liquid that is used by everyone in their day-to-day life.
Pipettes
Pipettes work just like a dropper but mostly in the laboratory. It is made up of glass and a bulb attached to the glass that helps in filling the liquid and dropping it out. It is used for measuring a very small amount of liquid that is to be added to a solution for the experiment to take place not amounts from cups to ounces. With the help of a pipette solution is slowly and gently added to the solution which can be acidic or harmful. I hope this article helped you out with your doubts and now you know all about the different types of instruments which can be used to measure different kinds of liquids.
