Reading the Graduated Cylinder

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Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• And
• All about the Meniscus

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Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• Liquids in glass and some plastic containers
  curve at the edges
• Changing the diameter of the cylinder will change
  the shape of the curve
• This curve is called the MENISCUS

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Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• Your eye should be level with the top of the
  liquid

You should read to the bottom of the MENISCUS
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Practice Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• What is this reading?

18.0 ml
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Practice Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• What is this reading?

36.5 ml
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Practice Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• What is this reading?

42.9 ml
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Practice Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• What is this reading?

47.0 ml
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Practice Reading the Graduated Cylinder

• What is this reading?

61.2 ml