Dropping Funnel

Product Description

We are manufecture , "SSGW", Brands glassware. A Dropping funnel, also known as Dropping Funnel or colloquially Dropping funnel, is a piece of aboratory glassware used in liquid-liquid extractions to separate (partition) the components of a mixture between two immiscible solvent phases of different densities. Typically, one of the phases will be aqueous, and the other a non-polar lipophilic organic solvent such as ether, MTBE, dichloromethane, chloroform, or ethyl acetate. Most organic solvents float on top of an aqueous phase, though important exceptions are most halogenated solvents.

A Dropping funnel has the shape of a cone surmounted by a hemisphere. It has a stopper at the top and stopcock (tap), at the bottom. Dropping funnels used in laboratories are typically made from borosilicate glass and their stopcocks are made from glass or PTFE. Typical sizes are between 50 mL and 3 L. In industrial chemistry they can be much bigger and for much larger volumes centrifuges are used.

To use a Dropping funnel, the two phases and the mixture to be separated in solution are added through the top with the stopcock at the bottom closed. The funnel is then closed and shaken gently by inverting the funnel multiple times; if the two solutions are mixed together too vigorously emulsions will form. The funnel is then inverted and the tap carefully opened to release excess vapor pressure. The Dropping funnel is set aside to allow for the complete separation of the phases. The top and the bottom tap are then opened and the two phases are released by gravitation.