What type of glass is used for laboratory glassware?

Question

What type of glass is used for laboratory glassware?

Answer 1

pyrex

Answer 2

yeah Pyrex! It does not break as much cause it is made from thermal shock resistant glass.

Answer 3

Corning pyrex

Answer 4

Borosilicate glass.

Glass is Silicon dioxide with lots of impurities.

When a significant amount of impurities have been removed, it will pass UV rays.  Add boron as the chief alloy and you get significant changes is physical characteristics.

you can all the brands by looking through a Cole Parmer catalogue.

Answer 5

pyrex which is a brand but the word has become synonymous with borosilicate glass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borosilicat...

Answer 6

borosilicate.  one brand of this type of glass is "pyrex" , but you can just specify borosilicat glass as that is more accurate description.