COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED EQUIPMENT IN THE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
NAME
beaker
PICTURE
USE
Used to hold and heat liquids.
Multipurpose and essential in the lab.
brushes
Used to easily clean the inside of a test
tubes and other glassware.
Buchner funnel
Used with vacuum flask for performing
vacuum filtration.
Bunsen burner
Used for heating and exposing items to
flame.
burette
Used in titrations to measure precisely how
much liquid has been delivered.
burette clamp
Used to hold burettes on a ring stand.
clay triangle
crucible with lid
Used to hold crucibles when they are being
heated. They usually sit on a ring stand.
Used to heat small quantities to very high
temperatures.
crucible tong
Used to hold crucibles and evaporating
dishes when they are hot.
disposable pipette
Used for moving small amounts of liquid
from place to place. They are usually made
of plastic and are disposable
electronic balance
Used for weighing substances or objects,
usually in grams.
erlenmeyer flasks
evaporating dish
florence flask
forceps
Used to heat, mix, and store liquids. The
advantage to the Erlenmeyer Flask is that
the bottom is wider than the top so it will
heat quicker because of the greater surface
area exposed to the heat.
Used to recover dissolved solids by
evaporation.
Used for heating substances that need to be
heated evenly. The bulbed bottom allows
the heat to distribute through the liquid
more evenly. The Florence Flask is mostly
used in distillation experiments.
Used for picking up and moving small
objects.
glass funnel
Used to pour liquids into any container so
they will not be lost or spilled. They are
also used with folded filter paper for
filtration.
glass stir rod
Used to stir liquids. They are usually made
of glass.
graduated cylinder
Used to measure the volumes of liquids.
hot plate
Used for heating substances and liquids in
beakers and flasks.
Meker Burner
micropipette
mortar and pestle
pipette with pump
ring clamp
ring stand
Used for heating and exposing items to
flame.
Used for accurately measuring and
delivering very small volumes of
liquid-usually 1 mL or less.
Used to crush solids into powders for
experiments, usually to better dissolve the
solids.
Used for accurately measuring
and delivering small volumes of
liquid-usually 0.1-10 mL.
Attached to ring stand and with wire gauze
used to hold beakers or flasks while they
are heated by a gas burner.
Used to hold items being heated. Clamps
or rings can be used so that items may be
placed above the lab table for heating by
Bunsen burners or other items.
rubber stopper
Stoppers come in many different sizes. The
sizes are from 0 to 8. Stoppers can have
holes for thermometers and for other
probes that may be used.
scoopula
For scooping out small or large amounts of
chemicals from bottles, etc.
separatory funnel
For separating layers of immiscible liquids
or for dropping liquids.
spatula
Used for moving small amounts of solid
from place to place.
striker
Used to light a gas burner.
test tube
Used for storing, mixing, and heating small
amounts of chemicals.
test tube holder
Used to hold test tubes while heating.
test tube rack
Used to hold test tubes while reactions
happen in them or while they are not
needed.
thermometer
Used to take temperature of solids, liquids,
and gases.
utility clamp
Used to attach test tubes and other
glassware to ring stand.
vacuum filter flask
Used with vacuum line and Buchner funnel
for vacuum filtration.
volumetric flask
Used to measure one specific volume in
mixing accurate solutions.
wash bottle
Used to wash or rinse other containers
watch glass
Used to hold solids when being weighed or
transported. They should never be heated.
Can also be used to cover beakers or other
containers.
weigh boat
Used for weighing solids on a balance.
wing top
For obtaining broad, fishtail flame that
heats large area and smoothly bends glass.
wire gauze
Used with a ring clamp to support
glassware over a Bunsen burner. Spreads
flame out for more even heating.