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Mercury nitrogen-filled immersion thermometer

1950-1979

‘Lab in a Box’ for Imperial College first-year undergraduate students, distributed by Imperial College’s Department of Chemistry to the homes of students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kit contains: 1 Simax 100ml Filtering Flask borosilicate glass connection, 1 50 mm diameter porcelain Academy Buchner funnel, 1 Academy rubber cone 20mm/14mm ID, 26mm/19mm OD, 1 Academy retort stand and rod, 1 Academy three finger clamp, 2 Academy 13mm black bosshead, 1 Amicus ultra-flat magnetic stirrer, 1 Simax 100ml borosilicate glass wide mouth Erlenmeyer flask, 1 Simax 50ml borosilicate glass wide mouth Erlenmeyer flask, 1 Lamaplast magnetic stirring bar 6 X 20mm, 1 25ml Glassco measuring cylinder, 4x 25 strips of Johnson Papers Universal Indicator Paper, PH1-14, 1 Academy Nuffield Type stainless steel spatula, 1 Simax borosilicate glass stirring rod with paddle, 20 Academy 30 ml white diamond weighing boats, 1 Onbalance compact weighing scales, 2 Norm-Ject 50ml plastic disposable syringes, 50 cm length of natural orange rubber tubing, 5 Academy professional filter papers type 1, 1 250 ml Glassco measuring cylinder, 1 Glassco separatory funnel, 1 Brennan vertical barrel digital thermometer, 1 Academy 80 mm diameter retort ring support, 1 75 mm Tarsons autoclavable funnel, 1 Simax 600ml borosilicate glass low form beaker, 1 Simax 250ml borosilicate glass low form beaker, 1 set of Kartell magnetic stirring bars retrievers, 1 125ml LDPE Tarsons new type wash bottle, 5 grade 113V Whatman Folded filter papers, 1 14mm Amtech spanner, 3 217 mm 6.2ml Academy Pasteur Pipette, 1 Lamaplast empty plastic vial, clear plastic tubing, Chefaid baloon whisk; 1 reagent kit containing 40g of tapioca maltodextrin, 15g citric acid, 8g agar, 3g sodium benzoate, 10g sodium bicarbonate and 1 packet of cream of tartar made by Dr. Oetker; 1 Personal Protective Kit contain 12 Microflex disposable gloves, 1 disposable VWR lab coat, 1 pair of Eisco safety goggles, 1 Chefaid sieve, 1 Oliver Harvey apron, 1 Aneco cloth bag, 1 Office Depot envelope and card, 1 Reliance Medical first aid kit; 1 Imperial College instruction manual for kitchen experiments and 1 Amicus plug adapter for stirrer plate, various makers, developed by Dr Luke Delmas and Dr Jakub Radzikowski to deliver Chemistry Kitchen and Introduction to Synthesis

'Lab in a box'

2020