write a short note on wire gauze
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Wire gauze is a popular equipment in Laboratory Apparatus. it is a thin metal sheet having net or web-like patterns. this pattern is also known as metal mesh. the major wire gauze function is that it often placed on a supporting ring and attached to the retort stand between the bunsen burner and flasks, beakers, etc to facilitate heat transfer. High-quality wire gauze always made from stainless steel having ceramic centers for general heating applications in common laboratories.
it supports ( or supporting equipment) many other types of equipment like bunsen burner and flasks while heating or diffusing the heat (heat diffuser) which ultimately protects the glassware to be broken on overheating. it transmits heat more efficiently.
only those glasswares can be put on the gauze that has a flat bottom. one thing that must be noticed that there are some varieties of wire gauze with the ceramic center, but the Plain type can transmit heat more efficiently.
