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title: "Microscale techniques Template – Chemistry Diagram | MolDraw"
url: https://www.moldraw.com/templates/setup-microscale/
description: "Microscale techniques template: Hickman still head on a conical vial in an aluminium heating block, and a Craig tube for recrystallisation, shown upright and…"
lang: en
publisher: Scidart Academy
generated: 2026-10-28
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# Microscale techniques template

![Microscale techniques template: Hickman still head on a conical vial in an aluminium heating block, and a Craig tube for recrystallisation, shown upright and inverted in a centrifuge tube. University / microscale school labs.](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/setup-microscale.webp)

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Hickman still head on a conical vial in an aluminium heating block, and a Craig tube for recrystallisation, shown upright and inverted in a centrifuge tube. University / microscale school labs.

## What the template shows

- Distil and recrystallise samples of 50 to 500 mg with little solvent and little loss
- Air condenser
- Or a cap; little vapour escapes at this scale
- Hickman still head
- Vapour condenses on the walls and runs into the collar; remove the distillate with a Pasteur pipette
- Conical vial
- Liquid and a spin vane, in a well of an aluminium heating block (a sand bath also works)
- Craig tube
- Dissolve in the minimum hot solvent, put in the plug, cool slowly
- Inverted in a centrifuge tube
- Spin: the mother liquor passes the plug and crystals stay on it
- Reaction setup

Drawn with 15 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw.

## Sources

- [Zubrick, The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual, 10th ed., Wiley 2016](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781118875780) Textbook

## How to use this template

1. Press **Edit in MolDraw**. The template opens on the canvas of the free MolDraw editor.
2. Change anything: move structures, edit atoms and labels, recolour highlights or delete what you do not need.
3. Add your own structures, arrows and text next to it, or combine several templates on one page.
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## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Microscale techniques template free?

You can preview the Microscale techniques template here and open and edit it in MolDraw for free. Downloading or exporting it is part of MolDraw Pro, together with the other premium templates.

### Can I edit the Microscale techniques template?

Yes. It opens as an ordinary MolDraw drawing, so every structure, arrow, label and colour can be changed, and you can add your own content around it.

### Is the chemistry checked?

Every structure is checked with RDKit and every curly arrow passes MolDraw’s electron-flow audit. The sources used are listed on this page.

### Can I edit the glassware?

Yes. Every piece of glassware is a MolDraw apparatus object: move, resize, recolour the liquid or swap a piece and the joints stay connected.

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