Vortex mixer
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A vortex mixer is small machine used in laboratories to mix small beakers of liquids.
[change] What's inside?
Inside, a vortex mixer has an electric motor which turns a pipe facing upwards. This pipe is attached to a small rubber bowl where one can put a beaker of liquid to be mixed up. The rubber bowl turns quickly and creates a vortex or a spiral flow inside any liquid which is placed on it and is therefore mixed up. Most vortex mixers have controls which let the user control how fast or slow they want the mixer to turn and can also set it to turn continuously for a certain length of time.
[change] Where they are used
Vortex mixers are used in bioscience laboratories to mix two different chemicals for a desired effect or to dilute an acid or an alkali by mixing them with water.
[change] See also
- IKA - A vortex mixer manufacturer
- VELP - A vortex mixer manufacturer
- In depth information on the VSM-3 Vortex Mixer
- Talboy - A vortex mixer manufacturer
- In depth article on Vortex Mixers
- In depth article on the structure of a vortex mixer
| Laboratory | |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Agar plate - Aspirator - Bunsen burner - Calorimeter - Colorimeter - Centrifuge - Fume hood - Microscope - Microtiter plate - Plate reader - Spectrophotometer - Thermometer - Vortex mixer - Static mixer |
| Flasks | Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, Volumetric flask, Büchner flask |
| Other Glassware |
Beaker - Boiling tube - Büchner funnel - Burette - Conical measure - Crucible - Cuvette - Gas syringe - Graduated cylinder - Pipette - Petri dish - Separating funnel - Soxhlet extractor - Test tube - Thistle tube - Watch glass |
