Magnetic Stirrer

PRESENTATION BY : SUBMITTED TO : Dr JAAGRITI TYAGI

SUBJECT. :Basics of microbial technology
ENROLLMENT NO. :
UG. :SEMESTER 1
 WHAT IS A MAGNETIC
STIRRER

■ A magnetic stirrer or magnetic stir plate is commonly used in

laboratories to ensure liquid samples are homogenous in
consistency and temperature . mainly used for stirring low
viscosity liquid or solid-liquid mixture.

A magnetic stirrer is a laboratory device consisting of

either a rotating magnet or stationary electromagnets
creating a rotating magnetic field.

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 HISTORY
■ The first magnetic stirrer was patented by Richard Stringham of Utah in 1917.Mr.
Stringham's mixer used stationary electromagnets in the base, rather than a rotating
permanent magnet, to rotate the stirrer.
■ The inventor nicknamed the stir bar a “Flea” because of the way it jumped and spun in
the flask.
■
1939: Heating is added to the stirrer.
■ 1944: Coatings of glass, porcelain and plastic are added to prevent the stirrer from
compromising solutions.
■ Arthur Rosinger of Newark,1944 New Jersey, U.S.
■ He filed a  patent Mr. Rosinger's patent includes a description of a coated bar magnet
placed in a vessel, which is driven by a rotating magnet in a base below the vessel.
■ Mr. Rosinger also explains in his patent that coating the magnet in plastic or covering it
with glass or porcelain makes it chemically inert.
 Principal

■ A Magnetic Stirrer is a device widely used in laboratories and

consists of a rotating magnet or a stationary electromagnet that
creates a magnetic field.
■ This device is used to make a stir bar immerse in a liquid , quickly
spin or stirring or mixing a solution.
LABELLED DIAGRAM OF
MAGNETIC STIRRER
 WORKING
Micro motor drives a magnet to generate a rotating magnetic
field to stir the stirring bar in the vessel, making the
solution conduct a completely mixed reaction, stirring
speed is adjustable, widely applied to solvent stirring in
different viscosity.

 It equips with a temperature control system, which can

heat and control the temperature of the sample according
to experiment requirement, maintaining the needed
temperature condition and guaranteeing the mixed liquid
meets the experiment need.
 PROCEDURE

■ 1. Put the bottle(or other containers) on the working table.

■ 2. Switch on the power switch, indicator will light.
■ 3. Turn on the heating power switch, the heating indicator will
light, this means the heater is working now. Insert the sensor into
solution ,adjust the thermostat knob to the desired temperature
scale.
■ 4. Adjust the speed control knob to the required speed.
■ 5. After work, set the speed control knob at the lowest speed
position, the heating switch is in a non-working state, turn off the
power switch, cut off the power supply.
■ 6. Clean the working surface and sensor, make sure no water and
dirt on it.
 USES

1. 2. 3.
motorised stirrers use
They are preferred over Due to its small size a lubricants which can
gear motorized stirrers stirring bar is more easily contaminate the reaction
because they are quieter, cleaned and sterilized than vessel and product.
more efficient and have no Secondly, in motorised
other
stirrers the sealing of the
moving external parts to
connection between the
break or wear out . rotating shaft of the
stirrer and the vessel can
be problematic .
 Disadvantages

They cannot be
used at very high
Viscoud liquid or
temperature as
thick suspensions
protective coating cannot be stirred
of the stir bar will properly
1 degrade.
2

Very large volumes of

liquid cannot be
stirrered properly.
 PRECAUTIONS

Laboratory magnetic
stirrer shell should . When unused for long periods, The digital magnetic stirrer
1. be properly grounded 3. should cut off the power, store 5. should be kept clean and
to avoid accidents. the laboratory magnetic stirrer at dry, prohibit the solution
a dry and ventilated place. flows into the machine, to
avoid damage to the
machine, cut off the power
when not working.
Medium-speed operation
. During mixing, when stirrer
can continuous work
2. for 8 hours, high- 4. is beating or non-stirring, 6. Stirring heating time had
reduce speed or disconnect the better not too long,
speed operation can
power to check whether the intermittent use can extend
continuous work for
flat bottom of the beaker, the the life, not heated without
four hours, to
location is positive stirring
prevent severe
vibration during
operation of
the Magnetic stirrer
 
 REFRENCES
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stirrer#:~:text=A%20magnetic%20stirrer%20or%20magnetic,
very%20quickly%2C%20thus%20stirring%20it

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/magnetic-stirrer
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