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Laboratory Reference Sheet

The document provides descriptions and uses for common laboratory equipment including stirring rods, evaporating dishes, buret clamps, mortar and pestles, spatulas, files, rubber connectors, pinch clamps, test tube racks, wash bottles, brushes, flasks, test tubes, holders, tongs, rulers, triangles, crucibles, gauze, burners, goggles, stands, burets, and volumetric flasks. Each item is briefly described and its typical uses in the laboratory are stated.

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Laboratory Reference Sheet

The document provides descriptions and uses for common laboratory equipment including stirring rods, evaporating dishes, buret clamps, mortar and pestles, spatulas, files, rubber connectors, pinch clamps, test tube racks, wash bottles, brushes, flasks, test tubes, holders, tongs, rulers, triangles, crucibles, gauze, burners, goggles, stands, burets, and volumetric flasks. Each item is briefly described and its typical uses in the laboratory are stated.

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Laboratory Equipment Stirring Rod:

Reference Sheet:
Iron Ring: Description: Glass rod.
Uses: To stir combinations; To use in pouring liquids.

Evaporating Dish:

Description: Iron ring with a screw fastener; Several Sizes


Uses: To fasten to the ring stand as a support for an apparatus

Description: Porcelain dish.


Buret Clamp/Test Tube Clamp:
Uses: As a container for small amounts of liquids being evaporated.

Glass Plate:

Description: Metal clamp with a screw fastener, swivel and lock nut, adjusting screw,
and a curved clamp.
Uses: To hold an apparatus; May be fastened to a ring stand.

Mortar and Pestle:

Description: Thick glass.


Uses: Many uses; Should not be heated

Description: Heavy porcelain dish with a grinder. Watch Glass:


Uses: To grind chemicals to a powder.

Spatula:

Description: Curved glass.


Uses: May be used as a beaker cover; May be used in evaporating very small amounts of
Description: Made of metal or porcelain.
liquid.
Uses: To transfer solid chemicals in weighing.

Funnel:
Triangular File:

Description: Metal file with three cutting edges.


Uses: To scratch glass or file.

Rubber Connector:
Description: Glass or plastic.
Uses: To hold filter paper; May be used in pouring

Medicine Dropper:
Description: Short length of tubing.
Uses: To connect parts of an apparatus.

Pinch Clamp:
Description: Glass tip with a rubber bulb.
Uses: To transfer small amounts of liquid.

Forceps:
Description: Metal clamp with finger grips.
Uses: To clamp a rubber connector.

Test Tube Rack: Description: Metal


Uses: To pick up or hold small objects.

Beaker:

Description: Rack; May be wood, metal, or plastic.


Uses: To hold test tubes in an upright position.

Plastic Wash Bottle:


Description: Glass; Common sizes are 100 mL, 250 mL, 400 mL; Size is marked.
Uses: As a container, like a cup; May be heated.

Graduated Cylinder:

Description: Squeezable plastic bottle with angular tip.


Uses: To dispense distilled water.

Test Tube Brush:

Description: Glass or Plastic; Marked with a milliliter (mL) scale).


Uses: To measure volume.
Description: Brush with a wire handle.
Uses: To scrub glass apparatus.
Erlenmeyer Flask: Laboratory Burner/Bunsen Burner:

Description: Glass; Common sizes are 125 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL; Size is marked.
Uses: May be heated.

Florence Flask:
Description: Metal heating device connected to a gas outlet with rubber tubing.
Uses: To heat chemicals in beakers or test tubes.

Laboratory Safety Goggles:

Description: Glass; Common sizes are 125 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL; Size is marked.
Description: Close-filling eyeglasses with side shields
Uses: May be heated.
Uses: For protecting eyes from chemicals used in lab.

Test Tube:
Ring Stand:

Description: Glass; Several Sizes.


Uses: Many uses; May be heated.

Test Tube Holder:

Description: Metal rod upright with a heavy base.


Uses: A support with many uses.

Description: Metal; Clamp with a spring handle. Buret:


Uses: To hold a test tube.

Tongs:

Description: Metal.
Uses: To pick up and hold an apparatus.

Ruler: Description: Glass; Marked with a milliliter (mL) scale and filled with a stopcock, pinch
clamp, or glass bead.
Uses: To withdraw and measure volumes of solutions in titrations.

Volumetric Flask:
Description: Divided into centimeter and millimeter divisions.
Uses: To measure length.

Clay Triangle/Pipestem Triangle:

Description: Triangular wire frame with clay material coverings.


Uses: To support a crucible.

Crucible and Cover:


Description: Glass; Marked off to liter capacity with a glass stopper.
Uses: Used in the preparation of solutions.

Description: Small porcelain dish with a cover.


Uses: To heat small amounts of solid material at a high temperature.

Wire Gauze:

Description: Wire screen with ceramic-fibered center.


Uses: To spread the head of a flame.

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