Solutions are generally transferred from a beaker, bottle, or graduated cylinder to another container by dragging the item with the solution and dropping it onto another beaker, graduated cylinder, or the buret. Details and exceptions to this general rule are given below, and details on using the pipets and buret are given in their respective sections. Note that solutions and reagents cannot be mixed except on the stir plate while doing an actual titration. However, inert salts can be added to an analyte solution in order to study the effect of changes in the ionic strength.
- Solutions from bottles can be poured into beakers and the buret by clicking and dragging the bottle to a beaker or the buret and holding while the solution pours out. The solution will continue to pour as long as the bottle is held in place. For beakers, spilling will occur if too much solution is added. For the buret, pouring proceeds until the buret is filled to the zero mark.
To transfer solutions to the graduated cylinders, drag the bottle or beaker containing the solution and drop it on the selected graduated cylinder. This will transfer enough solution to fill the graduated cylinder to the indicated volume. Bottles contain an infinite source of solution, but if a beaker does not contain sufficient solution for the selected graduated cylinder, then the cylinder will only be partially filled.
Solutions in beakers can be transferred to the buret, graduated cylinders, or another beaker. This is done by dragging the beaker and dropping it on the selected item. In the case of the buret and graduated cylinders, enough solution will be transferred to fill to the top of the container. In the case of another beaker, the entire volume of solution will be transferred from the first beaker to the second beaker.
Water can be added to beakers and graduated cylinders by dragging the beaker or graduated cylinder to the sink and placing it underneath the distilled water faucet. Water will continue to be added as long as the beaker or graduated cylinder is in the sink. For beakers, spilling will occur if too much water is added. For graduated cylinders, filling will automatically stop when the graduated cylinder is full. Note that water can be added to an existing solution to dilute it.