boiling chip
Sign in to saveAlso known as boiling stone, anti-bumping granule, boiling bead
tiny uneven-shaped particles added to liquids to avoid superheating by providing nucleation sites; often made of porous material (e.g. alumina, silicon carbide, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, porcelain or carbon) with nonreactive PTFE coating
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carbon
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boiling point
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distillation
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porcelain
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boiling
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calcium carbonate
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aluminium oxide
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polytetrafluoroethylene
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silicon carbide
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calcium sulfate
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University of Colorado Boulder
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laboratory glassware
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superheating
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nucleation
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inertness
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glass rod
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steam explosion
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