LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS

NAME Description and/or use Picture

Glass container, most are

pyrex; common sizes are
100 ml, 25 ml, 400 ml; it can
1. BEAKER be used as a container,
shows approximate
volume, and may be
heated.

A metal heating device

connected to a gas outlet
with rubber tubing; used to
2. BUNSEN heat chemicals in beakers
BURNER or test tubes; has
adjustable air-hole allowing
some control of
temperature.

It is marked with a milliliter

scale and fitted with a
stopcock; can be used to
3. BURETTE
withdraw and measure
accurate volumes of
solutions in titrations.

4. BEAKER Metal with rubber ends;

TONGS used to handle hot beakers.
 A capillary tube is a thin
pipe that comes in different
inner diameters ranging
from 0.5 mm to 3 mm and
lengths ranging from 1mm
to 6 mm. They are used to
5. CAPILLARY
hold the sample of the
TUBE
chemical substance,
whose melting point is to be
found, inside the melting
point apparatus or thiele
tube.

A centrifuge machines is a
laboratory apparatus that
separates fluids, gaseous
or liquid, according to
density. Centrifuge
6. CENTRIFUGE
machines can also be used
MACHINES
to collect cells, precipitate
DNA, purify viral particles,
and identify minor changes
in molecular conformation.

Chemical resistant
rubberized apron used to
7. CHEMICAL
protect clothing.
APRON

A condenser is a piece of
laboratory equipment used
to cause condensation, i.e.,
turning vapors into liquid.
8. CONDENSERS They are used to carry out
several chemical
processes ranging from
distillation to refluxing
solvents.
 Made of porcelain; used to
heat small amounts of solid
9. CRUCIBLE &
substances that are being
COVER
heated strongly at high
temperatures.

Metal utility tongs used for

hot crucibles; spring-like
jaws with a jaw opening.
10. CRUCIBLE
TONGS

A digital colorimeter is a
device used in a chemistry
lab to determine the
11. DIGITAL concentration of a known
COLORIMETER solute by measuring the
absorbance of a particular
wavelength of light by a
given solution.

Glass tip with a rubber bulb;

used to transfer small
12. DROPPER amounts of liquids.
 Used for quick, accurate
massing. It is used also to
13. ELECTRONIC weigh chemicals. Some
BALANCE balances have small doors
to keep air currents from
affecting the measurement.

Container; common sizes

are 125 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml;
may be heated; it has a thin
14. ERLENMEYER
neck and a wide base; used
FLASK
to hold liquids when
carrying out reactions and
preparing solutions.

Porcelain dish; used to hold

a solution whose solvent is
15. EVAPORATING
being separated from the
DISH
solvent by evaporation
(often using heat).

Used to hold liquids when

carrying out reactions (no
heat uses flat-bottomed;
even heating required use
16. FLORENCE
round-bottomed).
FLASK
 Metal or plastic, straight-
tipped instrument used to
17. FORCEPS isolate and remove small
particles.

Made of glass or plastic;

used to hold a filter paper
and can be used in pouring
18. FUNNEL (to avoid spills).

Used to protect eyes.

19. GOGGLES

Marked with milliliter (ml)

scale and is used to
20. GRADUATED
measure volume.
CYLINDER

Used to handle hot

21. HEAT glassware or another hot
RESISTANT lab equipment.
GLOVES
 Heavy porcelain dish with
22. MORTAR &
grinder; used to grind
PESTLE
chemicals to a powder.

23. PIPESTEM Triangular wire frame with

TRIANGLE clay material coverings;
(CLAY used to support a crucible.
TRIANGLE)

Used to transfer small

amounts of liquid.

24. PIPETTE

Squeezable plastic bottle;

used to dispense distilled
water.
25. PLASTIC WASH
BOTTLE
 Iron ring with screw
fastener; comes in several
26. RING CLAMP
sizes; used to fasten to the
(IRON RING)
ring stand as a support for
an apparatus.

Metal rod that is upright and

sits on a heavy base; used
27. RING STAND
as a support and has many
(SUPPORT
uses.
STAND)

Used to cap the openings

28. RUBBER
of glassware such as test
STOPPER
tubes or Erlenmeyer flasks.

Made of metal; used to

29. SCOOPULA
transfer solid chemicals.
 Made of metal; has a flat
rounded end and a
30. SPATULA
rectangular end; used to
transfer solid chemicals.

Plastic or ceramic reaction

surfaces with slight “dips”
31. SPOT PLATES
for containing small
amounts of chemicals.

Made of glass; used to stir

32. STIRRING ROD
combinations of materials.

Made of metal and has a

flint; used to ignite the
33. STRIKER Bunsen burner.

Glassware that comes in

many sizes; it has many
34. TEST TUBE uses and can be heated.
 Brush with wire handle;
35. TEST TUBE
used to scrub thin
BRUSH
glassware.

Metal clamp with a screw

fastener, a swivel and lock
36. TEST TUBE nut, an adjusting screw,
CLAMP and a curved clamp; used
to hold an apparatus (test
tube or burette) to the ring
stand.

Made of metal; has a clamp

37. TEST TUBE
with a spring handle; used
HOLDER
to hold a test tube.

May be made of wood,

metal, or plastic; used to
hold test tubes in an upright
38. TEST TUBE
position.
RACK
 Made of glass and filled
with a red or blue liquid
(usually alcohol); used to
determine temperature.
39. THERMOMETER

Used for determining the

40. TRIPLE BEAM
mass, in grams, of a
BALANCE
chemical or object

Used when mixing

accurate concentrations of
solutions. Each flask has a
41. VOLUMETRIC volume marking which is
FLASK very exact and can be
stoppered.

Curved glass; may be used

as a beaker cover or for
evaporating very small
42. WATCH GLASS
amounts of liquid.

Small plate with several

wells; used for reacting
43. WELL PLATE
small amounts of
chemicals.
 Wire screen with ceramic
fibered center; used to
44. WIRE GAUZE spread the heat of a flame.

Kipp’s Apparatus, also

known as Kipp’s generator,
is usually made of glass or
polyethylene and consists
of three chambers that are
45. KIPP’S layered one on top of the
APPARATUS other. It is also a device
used in the chemistry lab
to prepare gases such as
hydrogen sulfide gas,
carbon dioxide gas, and
hydrogen gas.

A petri dish is a shallow,

transparent cylindrical tube
46. PETRI DISH
used to carry out
biochemical reactions in
general.

A gas syringe is a piece of

laboratory glassware used
to inject or remove a
volume of gas from a
47. GAS SYRINGE
closed system, as well as to
quantify the volume of gas
produced by a chemical
reaction.
 Weighing boats are used to
weigh solids that will be
48. WEIGHING
transferred to another
BOAT
vessel.

Red litmus paper is used to

identify bases.

Blue litmus paper is used to

49. LITMUS PAPER
identify acids.

A hot mitt is used to grip

50. HOT MITT
and transfer hot glassware.

Fume hood is used to

51. Fume Hoods ventilate noxious or harmful
gases.

SOURCES:
• Microsoft Word - Common apparatus and procedures.doc (truman.edu)
• List of Chemistry lab Apparatus and its uses | Chemistry Lab Equipment | Labkafe
• List of Chemistry Laboratory Apparatus and Their Uses – StudiousGuy
• common_laboratory_equipment.doc (live.com)