Laboratory Equipment
Honors Chemistry
Safety Goggles!!!
Safety Goggles
Plastic
Must be worn at
all times while
working in the
laboratory
Beaker and Beaker Tongs
Beaker
Glass or plastic
Common sizes: 50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL, 400 mL
Glass beakers may be heated
Beaker Tongs
Steel
For handling hot beakers, crucibles, etc.
Jaws are plastic covered for firm gripping.
Buret and Buret Clamps
Buret
Glass
Common sizes: 25 mL and 50 mL
Used to measure volumes of solutions
for titrations.
Buret/Test Tube Clamp
Round, plastisol-coated jaws
Attaches to ring stand and used to support a
test-tube or buret during lab
Double Buret Clamp
Steel
Attaches to ring stand and used to support
two burets during titrations
Ringstand, Ring Clamp and
Wire Gauze w/ Ceramic Square
Ringstand
Metal rod fixed upright in a heavy metal base
Has many uses as a support
Ring Clamp
Made of chrome-plated cast iron
Heavy support ring
Attaches to ringstand
Wire Gauze w/ Ceramic Square
Ceramic fiber center
Used to spread the heat of a burner flame
Crucible w/ Cover, Clay
Triangle, and Crucible Tongs
Crucible w/ Cover
Porcelain
Used to heat small amounts of solid
substances at high temperatures.
Clay Triangle
Wire frame with porcelain supports
Used to support a crucible
Crucible Tongs
Iron and Nickel
Used to pick up and hold small items
Ceramic Square, Condenser
and Forceps
Ceramic Square
Ceramic
Used under hot apparatus or glassware
Condenser
Glass
Used in distillation procedures
Forceps
Metal
Used to hold or pick up small objects
Erlenmeyer and Florence
Flasks
Erlenmeyer Flask
Glass
Common sizes: 100 mL & 250 mL
May be heated
Used in titrations
Florence Flask
Glass
Common sizes: 125 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL
May be heated
Used in making and for storing solutions
Dropper Pipet, Graduated Pipet,
Volumetric Pipet and Pipet Bulb
Dropper Pipet
Glass tip with rubber bulb
Used to transfer small volumes of liquids
Graduated Pipet
Glass
Common sizes: 10 mL, 25 mL
Used to measure solution volumes
Less accurate than volumetric pipet
Volumetric Pipet
Glass
Used to measure solution volumes accurately
Must not be heated
Pipet Bulb
Rubber
Used in filling a graduated or volumetric pipet with a
solution.
Evaporating Dish, Mortar &
Pestle and Watch Glass
Evaporating Dish
Porcelain
Used to contain small volumes of liquid
being evaporated
Mortar & Pestle
Porcelain
May be used to grind crystals and lumpy
chemicals to a powder
Watch Glass
Glass
Used to cover an evaporating dish or beaker
Funnel, Graduated Cylinder
and Plastic Wash Bottle
Funnel
Glass or plastic
Common sizes hold 12.5 cm filter paper
Used for filtering or pouring
Graduated Cylinder
Glass or plastic
Common sizes: 10 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL
Used to measure approximate volumes
Must not be heated
Plastic Wash Bottle
Flexible plastic
Squeeze sides to dispense water
Gas Burner, Rubber Tubing
and Pinch Clamp
Gas Burner
Metal
Connected to a gas supply with rubber tubing
Used to heat chemicals in beakers, test tubes
and crucibles
Rubber Tubing
Rubber
Used to connect apparatus so as to transfer
liquids or gases
Pinch Clamp
Metal
Used to block off rubber tubing
Should not be used with tubing connected to
gas burner
Scoopula, Spatula and Stirring
Rod w/ Rubber Policeman
Scoopula
Metal
Used to transfer solid chemicals
Larger capacity than spatula
Spatula
Metal
Used to transfer solid chemicals
Stirring Rod w/ Rubber Policeman
Glass with rubber sleeve
Used to stir, assist in pouring liquids, and for
removing precipitates from a container
Test-tubes, Test-tube Rack
and Test-Tube Holder
Test-Tubes
Glass
Used to hold various substances during lab
May be heated
Various sizes available
Test-Tube Rack
Wood or plastic
Holds test tubes in a vertical position
Test-Tube Holder
Spring metal
Used to hold test tubes or glass tubing
Test-tube Brush, Rubber Stopper,
Thermometer and Triangular File
Test-Tube Brush
Bristles with wire handle
Used to scrub small diameter glassware
Rubber Stopper
Many sizes
Generally used in test tubes and flasks
Thermometer
Mercury or alcohol in glass
Common range -10°C - 110°C
Triangular File
Metal
Used to scratch glass tubing prior to
breaking a desired length
Situation 1
Can you identify all of the
equipment present in
this set-up?
What might this set-up be
used for?
Situation 2
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equipment present in
this set-up?
What might this set-up be
used for?
Situation 3
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equipment present in
this set-up?
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used for?
Situation 4
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equipment present in
this set-up?
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used for?
Situation 5
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equipment present in
this set-up?
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used for?
Situation 6
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equipment present in
this set-up?
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used for?