Thermostatic Water Bath

Description

A water bath is laboratory equipment made from a container filled with heated water. It is used
to incubate samples in water at a constant temperature over a long period of time. All water baths
have a digital or an analogue interface to allow users to set a desired temperature. Utilizations
include warming of reagents, melting of substrates or incubation of cell cultures. It is also used to
enable certain chemical reactions to occur at high temperature. Water bath is a preferred heat
source for heating flammable chemicals instead of an open flame to prevent ignition. Different
types of water baths are used depending on application. For all water baths, it can be used up to
99.9 °C. When temperature is above 100 °C, alternative methods such as oil bath, silicone bath
or sand bath may be used.