A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly.
What is a gauze mat made of.
Noun plural gauze mats 1.
Gauze mat plural gauze mats a piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly.
The gauze is used with a bunsen burner tripod and is placed over the gas flame.
Gauze is a thin translucent fabric with a loose open weave in technical terms gauze is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn keeping the weft firmly in place.
It is most likely to be made of thick metal threads threaded into a mat or square.
Circa 1848 1950.
A gauze mat is used below bunsen burners as it protects the tripod or surface which the bunsen burner might be on.
This weave structure is used to add stability to fabric which is important when using fine yarns loosely spaced.