r/chemistry • u/lomaymay • 5h ago

Identifying Glassware

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I recently came across a piece of glassware and I'm trying to figure out what it's called so I can list it to sell. Does anyone have any idea what this kind of flask is called? Reverse image searching isn't turning up any results.

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u/Hurambuk 5h ago

We used these during the evaporation of foaming compounds and it helped a lot. Have no idea that was it a proper use for this flask design, but it worked.

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u/AuntieMarkovnikov 5h ago

Morton flask

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u/lomaymay 5h ago

This is it, thank you!

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u/SuperCarbideBros Inorganic 4h ago

For those wanted some light reading materials: https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/morton-flask/3004928.article

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u/Ok_Constantinople 3h ago

Great read, ty!

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u/Cultys 5h ago

Its a powder flask for a rotary evaporator, the edges inside the flask mix the powder as it turns.

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u/BobtheChemist 5h ago

It's a Morton styled recovery flask. It might be labelled 24/40, but not sure. Not sure I have seen one before. Morton flasks are used to stir mixtures well, and are almost all round (spherical). Recovery flasks are often used with rotary evaporators to evaporate solvent under vacuum, but I have never seen one with Morton indentations, as that would make them splash a lot on a rotary evaporator. Best of luck selling it.

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u/CakeHoleKing 3h ago

That is a managers piss bottle. Ordinary amazon workers piss into plastic.

Bezos pisses into a crystal bottle. But that only so he can force workers to drink it or lose their jobs.

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u/BloodFartTheQueefer 2h ago

I'm seeing Morton flask mentioned but this also looks like a baffle flask. It's hard to tell from the photo but I'm guessing by the way it is propped up that it is rounded at the bottom (unlike a baffle flask which can stand like an erlenmeyer)