 Today we're going to go over the steps for using an analytical balance. The first step to using the balance is to turn it on. Once your balance is on, you'll want to add a container or a piece of way paper or a beaker to hold your material separate from the pan of the balance. You'll then want to close the glass doors. That just makes it so that no air flow is going over the material and adjusting the weight. And then you'll use this button called the zero or tear button to make sure that it has a reading of zero, and that makes it so it's not taking your container into account when it's telling you the mass. You'll then add the material to be weight. You'll want to close the glass doors again and wait for the reading to stabilize. That's indicated by an asterisk, and you can record that weight, remove your material, and the last step is to clean the pan and the balance with a brush.