Erlenmeyer flask
Matraz de Erlenmeyer
- Date
- 1860 · confidence high
- Place
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Credited to
- Emil Erlenmeyer
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Erlenmeyer designed a flat-bottomed flask with a conical body and narrow neck that allows liquids to be swirled without spilling, ideal for titrations and other precision laboratory work.
What it led to
- Standardisation of laboratory glassware
- Universal use in analytical chemistry and microbiology