3B Scientific Glass Cylinder with 3 Tubes User Manual

3B SCIENTIFIC® PHYSICS

U14320 Upright vessel with three glass tubes

Operating instructions

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The upright vessel with three glass tubes is used to ob­serve water levels in connected tubes, and also serves
as an overflow vessel for measurements of the volume
and density of solid bodies.

1. Safety instructions

• Handle the glass vessel carefully to avoid breakage
and resulting injury.

• Avoid exerting mechanical loads on the apparatus.

• Proceed carefully when interchanging the glass

tubes.

• Be careful when using coloured water not to let it
splash on your clothes, for example.

2. Description, technical data

The upright vessel consists of a glass cylinder in a plas­tic base plate. Two outlets each with a GL screw con­nection are located at the bottom for the purpose of
mounting either two differently shaped glass tubes, or
a dummy joint and an overflow tube.

Height: Approximately 300 mm
Diameter: 90 mm
Tube diameter: 10 mm
Screw connection: GL-17

2.1 Scope of delivery

1 upright vessel with a plastic base plate
2 differently shaped glass tubes

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Upright vessel

2 Glass tubes

3 Overflow tube

1 overflow tube with a drop outlet
1 dummy screw joint

3. Procedure

• It is practical to use coloured water during the ex­periments.

• For experiments to observe liquid levels in con­nected tubes, undo both the screw connections on
the upright cylinder.

• Mount the two differently shaped glass tubes and
screw them tightly into place.

• Fill the upright cylinder to approximately 2/3 with
water.

• Check the water level in all three vessels.

• As a demonstration, tilt the apparatus toward ei-

ther side and check the water level again in each
case.

• For experiments to determine the volume of solid
bodies, mount the dummy connection and the over­flow tube with the drop outlet, and screw them
tightly into place.

• Position the measuring cylinder under the drop out­let.

• Fill the upright cylinder with water until it starts to
flow out of the overflow tube.

• Empty the measuring cylinder of water.

• Immerse the sample body into the water vessel.

• To determine the volume of the body, read the level

of the displaced water which has overflowed into
the measuring cylinder.

3B Scientific GmbH • Rudorffweg 8 • 21031 Hamburg • Germany • www.3bscientific.com • Technical amendments are possible

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