Laboratory
Equipment Basics for Herbs
Laboratory
Fermentation equipment
Fermentation lock
At least 5 litre container
(Yeast, sugar, nutrient optional)
Distillation
Straight jacketed (Liebig) condensor B24
ground-glass joints (can be used upright)
Two B24 1 litre boiling flasks
Still head B24 joints
End piece B24 joints with an outlet tube (pressure/vacuum stopcock
optional)
2x B24 stoppers
Silicon Hi-Vacuum grease
Water cooling for condensors
Plastic tubing
25 litre container
Immersible pump (see Water
circulation for condensors)
Steam distillation
B24 Steam Distillation oil separatory unit
preferably with stopcock.
Separatory funnels
Heating
Portable electric hot plate -
distillation; bain mariae
Electric frying pan for sandbath - circulation, distillation,
evaporation, etc.
Gas bottle and burner - calcination
General- any & all sizes
are useful
Sealable jars
Mortar and pestle
Stainless steel & pyrex bowls
Coffee filters and/or Whatmans
Funnels - plastic, glass & ceramic
Bottle brushes
Tooth brushes
Sieves
pH papers - Universal Indikator
pH 0-14 or Red & Blue
Retorts
Any size is useful (use standard
fittings- B24 from 250 ml up.
25 ml retorts often have the small B10 fittings.)
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