...prior to handling the materials. Equipment Weighing boats or weighing paper Balance Scoopula or spatula Container...the reagent you will be weighing out, a weighing boat or weighing paper to contain the reagent while on...larger than the capacity of your balance or weighing boat, you can weigh out the reagents in batches. For ...your container after each time. Place the weighing boat or weighing paper onto the balance. These are used...paper could stick to the surface. Tare the weighing boat or paper. You need to do this because you don’t ...t want to include the weight of the weighing boat or paper into your measurement. Hit the tare button ... the material you are weighing onto the weighing boat or paper. If you weighed out too much material, ...