any apparatus for stirring a liquid in which a follower – usually a small bar magnet coated in glass or plastic – may be caused to oscillate or rotate within the liquid under the influence of a more powerful magnet outside the container
Weigh to the nearest 0,2 mg an appropriate amount (1-5 g) of the prepared sample (5.1), into a conical flask and add 100,0 ml of extraction mixture (3.21). Shake the mixture for 60 min. using a mechanical shaker or a magnetic stirrer (4.8).