0% found this document useful (0 votes)
362 views10 pages

Lab Apparatus

Adapter, buret clamp, condenser, cork borer, dropper pipet, evaporating dish, filter flask, funnel, glass rod, ignition tube, mortar and pestle, rubber tubing, separatory funnel, spatula, stir rod, test tubes, thermometer, triangular file, volumetric flask, and wash bottle are common pieces of laboratory glassware and tools used to control the flow of fluids, heat substances, filter mixtures, transfer liquids, grind materials, mix chemicals, hold reactions, and clean equipment.

Uploaded by

liz
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
0% found this document useful (0 votes)
362 views10 pages

Lab Apparatus

Adapter, buret clamp, condenser, cork borer, dropper pipet, evaporating dish, filter flask, funnel, glass rod, ignition tube, mortar and pestle, rubber tubing, separatory funnel, spatula, stir rod, test tubes, thermometer, triangular file, volumetric flask, and wash bottle are common pieces of laboratory glassware and tools used to control the flow of fluids, heat substances, filter mixtures, transfer liquids, grind materials, mix chemicals, hold reactions, and clean equipment.

Uploaded by

liz
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
You are on page 1/ 10

Adapter - used for controlling fluid flow,

Bunsen Burner - a small gas burner that


specifically for transporting fluid between
uses an adjustable flame to heat
glassware.
substances.

Alcohol Lamp - used for heating, Buret Clamp - used to hold and secure a

sterilization, and combustion. buret on a stand.

Uses ethyl alcohol or spirit as a fuel.

Buchner Funnel - a device used for


Clamp Holder - used to hold a container of
pressure assisted filtration.
any substance during an experiment.
Crucible Tong - used to safely move a
Clay Triangle - serves as a supporting
crucible that contains potentially dangerous
structure for items being heated on a
materials.
Bunsen burner or other open flame heat

source.

Desiccator - a pot that is used to absorb

Condenser - used to cool hot gases into water vapors from chemical reagents that

liquids. are hygroscopic, which are reagents that

absorb water.

Cork Borer - a metal tool for cutting a hole in


Distilling Flask - used to separate mixtures
a cork or rubber stopper to insert glass
by distillation. It has three parts: a spherical
tubing.
base, a cylindrical neck and sidearm that is

connected to the flask neck.

Filtering Flask/Buchner Flask - used for

filtering samples because the vacuum


Dropper Pipet - used to transfer small
forces the filtrate into the flask, while
quantities of liquids.
residue remains on the filter paper

Fish Tail/Wing Top - used to bend glass as

Erlenmeyer Flask - used for the storing and it spread out the heat over a larger area,

mixing of chemicals. making it more uniform.

Evaporating Dish - used for the evaporation

of solutions and supernatant liquids. Florence Flask - used for heating

substances that need to be heated evenly.


The bulbed bottom allows the heat to

distribute through the liquid more evenly.

Graduated Cylinder - used to get accurate


Geissler Buret - used to deliver a variable
measurements of a liquid volume.
but controllable and measurable quantity of

solution.

Ignition Tube - used to hold small quantities

of substances which are undergoing direct

Glass Funnel - used to channel liquid or heating by a Bunsen burner or other heat

fine-grained substances into containers with source.

a small opening. Glass is used because it

doesn't react with chemicals.

Iodine Flask - an Erlenmeyer flask with a

stopper; it is used for iodine determination.


Iron Ring - used to stabilize flasks mounted Petri Dish - a
to a ring stand. shallow cylindrical glass or plastic lidded

dish that are typically used by biologists

to culture cells.

Mohr Buret - used in analytical chemistry for


pH Meter - measures the hydrogen-ion
the dispensing of variable amount of a
activity in water-based solutions, indicating
chemical solution and measuring that
its acidity or alkalinity expressed as pH.
amount at the same time.

Porcelain Casserole - useful in laboratory


Mortar And Pestle - used for pounding and
for evaporation of solutions, drying,
grinding solid substances to make them into
calcination etc.
smaller particles.
Rubber Tubing - carries the gas to the

Porcelain Crucible - used to hold small burner from the gas tap on the laboratory

amounts of chemicals during heating at high bench.

temperatures.

Porcelain Spatula - used in laboratory


Separatory Funnel - used to separate
applications where scratching delicate
liquids which do not dissolve in one another.
surfaces is undesired as well as scooping

up small quantities of powder.

Rubber Aspirator - used for moving air,


Serological Pipet - transparent, hollow,
fluids, etc. by suction.
cylindrical devices for transferring liquids in

a lab setting.
Spatula - used to take and handle small
Test Tube - used by chemists to hold, mix,
quantities of solid chemicals.
or heat small quantities of solid or liquid

chemicals, especially for qualitative

experiment sand assays.

Spot Plate - used to perform reactions on a

very small amount of materials.

Test Tube Brush - a brush made of nylon

used to clean test tubes.

Stirring Glass Rod - used to mix chemicals

and liquids.

Test Tube Holder - used to hold a test tube

while heating.
Test Tube Rack - used to hold/support test

tubes containing chemicals waiting for Triple Beam Balance - a type of balance

further operations. used to determine the mass (by weight

comparison) of samples.

Thermometer - a device that measures Tripod - a three-legged equipment used to


temperature or temperature gradient. support and hold glassware.

Triangular File - used to stir chemicals, as


Volumetric Flask - used for measuring
well as to scratch glass tubing before
volume in the preparation of solutions and
breaking it.
holds a precise amount of liquid material

when at room temperature.

Watch Glass - a piece of glass used as a

surface to evaporate a liquid, to hold solids

while being weighed, or as a cover for a

beaker.
Volumetric Pipet - allows extremely

accurate measurement of the volume of a

solution. It is calibrated to deliver accurately

fixed volume of dilute appearing solution.

Weighing Bottle -

glass laboratory equipment used for

precise weighing of solids.

Wash Bottle - used to rinse various pieces

of laboratory glassware.

Wire Gauze - used to support a container

during heating.
Beaker - a cylindrical container with a flat
Analytical Balance - measures masses to
bottom. Most also have a small spout (or
within 0.0001 g
"beak") to aid pouring. Used to hold and

heat liquids.

Hot Plate – Used for heating beakers,

Erlenmeyer flasks, and other flat-bottomed

containers.

Iron Stand - used to hold the iron ring and

supports.

Pinchcock - used to regulate or close a

flexible tube, especially in laboratory

apparatus.

You might also like