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What is the role of wire gauze in a chemical laboratory?

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Wire gauze is an essential piece of supporting equipment in a laboratory as glassware cannot be heated directly with the flame of a bunsen burner and requires wire gauze to diffuse the heat, helping protect the glassware.

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