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Can anybody tell me what this glassware with a stem, bulb and long tube is?

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The glassware shown is a drying tube. The bulb holds cotton or glass/quartz wool while the tube part holds a drying media such as anhydrous calcium sulfate to keep moisture out of the vessel during moisture sensitve reactions.

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