Laboratories use many types of glassware every day. Beakers, test tubes, measuring cylinders, and flasks all have their own purpose. But when a laboratory needs to mix a liquid or grow a culture while shaking it, a normal flask may not always provide the movement needed. This is where a borosilicate baffled flask becomes useful. A baffled flask looks just like a regular lab flask, but with small bumps or ridges pressed into the glass inside. When the flask shakes, these bumps splash the liquid around so it mixes much better and gets more air. Laboratories use this design because…