LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
universal clamp
thermometer
Glassware
Beaker
Mortar and pestle
Crucible and cover
Uses
Glassware
Not for measurement. Glass or
Test tube rack
plastic. They come in several
sizes and are used to contain
substances and perform
chemical reactions. It may be
heated.
Porcelain. It is used to grind
Test tubes
crystals and lumpy chemicals to
a powder.
Porcelain. It is used to heat
Graduated cylinder
small amounts of solid
substances at high temperatures.
Watch glass
Glass. It is used to cover an
evaporating dish or beaker.
Evaporating dish
Porcelain. It is used to contain
small volumes of liquids being
evaporated.
Florence flask
Glass. It is used to make or to
store solutions. It may be
heated.
Plastic. It is used to squeeze
sides to deliver water.
Plastic wash bottle
Dropper pipet
Glass. It is used to perform
chemical reactions. It may be
heated.
Glass or plastic. It is used to
measure approximate
volumes. It must not be
heated.
Gas collecting tube or Glass. It is used to measure
eudiometer
the volume of the gas being
collected.
Volumetric pipet
Glass. It is used to measure
the volume of solutions
accurately.. It must not be
heated.
Thermometer
It is used to measure the
temperature.
Universal clamp
Glass or plastic. It is used to
transfer small amounts of
liquid.
Glass or plastic. It is used to aid
in the filtration process or aid
the transfer of chemicals
between containers.
Metal. It is used to support
clamps in place.
Double buret clamp
Erlenmeyer flask
Glass. It is used to perform
titrations. It may be heated.
Condenser
Safety goggles
Must be worn at all times while
working in the laboratory.
Rubber policeman
and stirring rod
Rod with nichrome
wire
Metal or glass. It is used in
flame tests.
Graduated pipet
Funnel
Ring stand
Uses
Wood or plastic. It is used to
hold test tubes in place in a
vertical position.
Forceps
Buret
Metal. When fastened to the
ring stand, it holds test tubes
being heated, or a buret.
Metal. When fastened to the
ring stand, it holds two burets
at once.
Metal. It is used to pick up
small solid objects.
Glass. It is used to measure
volumes of solutions in
titrations accurately.
Glass. It is used to condense
the evaporated liquid in
distillations.
Glass. It is used to sti, assist in
pouring liquids and for
removing precipitates from a
container.
Glass. It is used to measure
the volumes of solutions. It is
less accurate than the
volumetric pipet.
Test tube holder
Metal. It is used to hole test
tubes or glass tubing.
Pipet bulb
Clay triangle
Metallic wire frame with
porcelain to support crucibles
when they are heated.
Ring clamp
Scoopula and Metal
spatula
Metal or porcelain. It is used to
transfer solid chemicals.
Balance
Crucible tongs
Metal. It is used to pick up and
hold small items.
Burner and Rubber
tubing
Test tube brush
It is used to scrub small
diameter glassware.
Wire gauze and
ceramic square
Rubber. It is used in filling a
pipet with a solution. A pipet
must never be filled by mouth.
Metal. When fastened to the
ring stand, it can hold a
container being heated with
the aid of the wire gauze.
It is used to measure the mass
of chemicals with the aid of
beakers or other containers.
Never place chemicals
directly on the balance pan.
Metal. When connected to a
gas supply with rubber tubing
is used to heat chemicals in
beakers, test tubes or
crucibles.
It is used to spread the heat of
a burner flame and to place
hot glassware on top to
prevent glass from breaking.