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Weighing with Taring using a Top Pan Balance

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Practise using a top pan balance and accurately measure out a given mass of solid.

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Learning outcomes

Understand how to ensure the apparatus is clean and select an appropriate container to weigh your sample.
Learn how to tare the balance correctly and use a spatula to carefully transfer the sample.
Weigh out a given mass of solid accurately.

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Using Instruments and Equipment

What makes a suitable container for weighing sample in
How to tare the balance and transfer and weigh the desired amount of sample
How to reduce spillages when transferring the sample to be weighed

Obtaining and Recording Data

Why it is important to clean and tare the balance prior to use

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Dr. Sharon Williams

Coventry University

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