Student Working with Glassware Apparatus in Chemistry Laboratory, San Francisco State College, November 1971 (Alternate View) (Updated last month)

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• Identifier: TP-ATA-1907
• Date: Nov 1971
• Context: <p>This is likely a&nbsp;<strong data-start="299" data-end="315">Schlenk line</strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong data-start="319" data-end="356">high-vacuum glass manifold system</strong>, used for handling air-sensitive compounds. It could also be a&nbsp;<strong data-start="420" data-end="452">reflux/distillation assembly</strong>&nbsp;for purifying or synthesizing chemicals. Here's what stands out:</p> <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Key Apparatus in the Image</strong></p> <ol style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;"> <li><strong>Round-bottom flasks</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; Holding chemicals for heating, reactions, or distillation.</li> <li><strong>Condensers</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; Long vertical glass columns, used to cool vapor back into liquid (common in reflux or distillation).</li> <li><strong>Vacuum adapters and stopcocks</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; Control the pressure and flow of gases or solvents. These are connected to vacuum pumps (likely out of view).</li> <li><strong>Clamps and lab stands</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; Supporting all the glassware safely.</li> <li><strong>Gas regulators and tubing</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; In the background, connected to pressurized gas cylinders, possibly for nitrogen or argon.</li> </ol> <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Credits:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;">Some technical descriptions and historical interpretations were developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.</p>
• Geographic Coverage: San Francisco, CA
• Temporal Coverage: 1970s
• Type: Still Image
• Format: Negative
• Source: San Francisco State University Archives
• Rights: Public