Intro To Lab Equipment

By: Grant, Jenny, and Sam

 

 

Balance: scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

 

Watch Glass: a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker

 

Dropper: pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time

 

Funnel: used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth

 

Wash Bottle: used in washing chemical materials

 

Test Tube: used for various procedures in chemistry and for the growth of bacterial or viral cultures

 

Test Tube Holder: designed to hold test tubes

 

Clay Triangle: used to hold a crucible while the crucible is heated

 

Buret Clamp: attaches to a ring stand to hold a single burette, test tube, flask, etc.

 

Pipet: used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

 

Erlenmayer Flask: used to mix liquids by hand

 

Graduated Cylinder: used for measuring the volumes of liquids in a quantitative manner.

 

Stirring Rod: used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers

 

Spatula: used for folding, mixing, scraping and smoothing [substances]

 

Iron Ring: a tool used by wire-drawers

 

Rubber Stopper: used to seal test tubes and other types of glass to keep out airborne contaminents

 

Test Tube Rack: Holds tubes in rack for decanting and stability

 

Crucible Tongs: used to lift a hot crucible from a furnace

 

Utility Clamp: used to secure glassware and other equipment

 

Buret: used for titration

 

Beaker: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic

 

Florence Flask: designed for uniform heating

 

Goggles: Protective eyewear

 

Forceps: used in delicate operations for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction

 

 

 

Wire Gauze: used in a safety lamp

 

Ring Stand: allows heating jewelry components from both the top and bottom during soldering or fusing

 

Evaporating Dish: used to heat and evaporate liquids

  

 

Mortar & Pestle: used to pulverize, or grind, herbs, spices, and other foods

 

Test Tube Brush: for cleaning small-diameter tubes

 

Crubiles: used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures]

 

Bunsen Burner: has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air

 

Beaker Tongs: for handling hot glassware

 

Volumetric Flask: calibrated to contain or deliver an exact volume at a given temperature

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