Entry 1

7/1/2013

First official Chemistry lesson!

Today we had a brief apparatus drawing exercise.
We were supposed to draw:
-Conical flask
-Test tube
-Boiling tube
-Evaporating dish
-Tripod stand
-Measuring cylinder
-Beaker
-Bunsen Burner
-Filter Funnel

Here are some rules to note about drawing apparatus:

1. No "furry" lines (this is not sketching)
2. No discontinued lines (lines must be smooth without any gaps left between them)
3. Apparatus must be drawn to scale (e.g., the boiling tube has to be drawn bigger than the test-tube)
4. Labels must be straight lines (no arrows)
5. The markings (on a measuring apparatus) must be drawn to scale (as in evenly put out)

This skill is useful for experiment designing, as you will need to know the proper way of drawing the setup for your experiment when you're designing it.

(We learnt a bit of it in the biology module last year but I forgot quite a bit. :P)