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Volumetric & glassware

Burette & Volumetric Glassware

Glass apparatus made to contain or deliver accurately known volumes: burettes, volumetric flasks, bulb pipettes and graduated pipettes. The backbone of titrations, standard preparation and dilutions.

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Chemicals
  • Universities
  • Food & beverage
  • Environmental
Photo of a Burette & Volumetric Glassware
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CALIBRATION

Burette & glassware calibration procedures

Gravimetric volume check

Delivers water from the burette (or other glassware) at several graduations, weighs it, converts to volume with a Z factor and compares the error with the class tolerance.

Open procedure
QUALIFICATION

Instrument qualification (DQ · IQ · OQ · PQ)

  1. 01

    DQ — Design qualification

    Specifies glassware class, volumes, reference temperature and need for individual certificates.

  2. 02

    IQ — Installation qualification

    On receipt: check class marking, certificate, batch or serial number, and record it if your site tracks glassware.

  3. 03

    OQ — Operational qualification

    Gravimetric volume check of a sample of items or each item, as defined in your SOP.

  4. 04

    PQ — Performance qualification

    Periodic gravimetric checks of items in use and visual inspection for damage.

In LimsPulse · Calibration Management

Keep every Burette & glassware in control: usage logs, calibration and maintenance schedules, and automatic blocking of overdue instruments.

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