Uses of Evaporating dish

• Evaporation:

The primary use of an evaporating dish is to evaporate liquids. It allows for the gradual evaporation of a solvent from a solution, concentrating the remaining solute.

• Heating Solutions:

Evaporating dishes can be heated directly over a flame or on a hot plate. This is useful for boiling solutions or driving off solvents.

• Crystallization:

They can be used in crystallization processes where a solution is evaporated to obtain crystals of a solute.

• Drying Samples:

Evaporating dishes are often used to dry solid samples by allowing moisture to evaporate at room temperature or with gentle heating.

• Sample Preparation:

In analytical chemistry, they may be used to prepare samples for further analysis, such as drying or concentrating a solution before spectroscopic or chromatographic analysis.

• Weighing Solids:

Some labs use evaporating dishes to weigh solid residues after evaporation, providing a convenient container for precise measurements.

• Reactions:

They can be used to conduct small-scale reactions that require heating or evaporation of solvents.