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The document provides a comprehensive list of laboratory equipment, detailing their names and general uses. Each item, such as beakers, Bunsen burners, and pipets, is described in terms of its function in scientific experiments and processes. This serves as a reference for understanding the purpose of various tools commonly used in laboratory settings.
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PIC# NAME GENERAL USE
also called an ejector or filter pump, is a device that
29 ASPIRATOR produces vacuum by means of the Venturi effect.
Beakers can be used to retain liquid or solid samples or
as a container for reactions. They are also used to 4 BEAKER collect filtrates from filtering processes as well as liquids from titrations.
A laboratory instrument that produces a hot, sootless,
BUNSEN non-luminous flame and is generally used to rapidly 32 BURNER heat high-boiling liquids with low flammability (such as water).
Used to hold crucibles and porcelain dishes heated by
23 CLAY TRIANGLE a Bunsen burner. Distributes heat evenly over the surface of objects it holds.
In chemistry, a condenser is laboratory apparatus used
17 CONDENSER to condense vapors – that is, turn them into liquids – by cooling them down.
RUBBER/CORK plugging joints or holes in laboratory glassware and
28 STOPPER creating a liquid-tight seal.
crucible is a cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment
CRUCIBLE & 15 used to contain chemical compounds when heating COVER them to very high temperatures
crucible is a cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment
CRUCIBLE 27 used to contain chemical compounds when heating TONG them to very high temperatures
Erlenmeyer flasks are used to contain liquids and for
ERLENMEYER 1 mixing, heating, cooling, incubation, filtration, storage, FLASK and other liquid-handling processes.
An evaporating dish is a tool used in labs to separate
EVAPORATING 6 liquids and solids from a solution by allowing the water DISH to evaporate off into the air.
FLORENCE It is designed for uniform heating, boiling, distillation
3 FLASK and ease of swirling; it is produced in a number of different glass thicknesses to stand different types of use.
used to channel liquids or fine-grained chemicals
5 FUNNEL (powders) into labware with a narrow neck or opening.
GRADUATED used for measuring the volumes of liquids.
10 CYLINDER
used to secure an extension-type utility clamp to a
22 IRON CLAMP support stand or ring stand..
used to support flasks or funnels upright in a stand.
36 IRON RING This is to enable the stability of the flask or funnel while testing is being performed.
supports the iron ring when heating substances or
mixtures in a flask or beaker (using a Bunsen burner) 41 IRON STAND clamps can also be used to hold glasswares on the iron ring.
instruments used for measuring and transferring
8 DROPPER liquids in small amounts.
used to crush solid substances into powders for
MORTAR & experiments, to better dissolve the solids. 44 PESTLE
are droppers calibrated to deliver a specific volume
47 PIPET used to to measure and transfer small volumes.
PORCELAIN It is used to take small amounts of compounds that are
7 SPATULA basically powder.
30 SPOT PLATE o perform reactions on a small amount of chemicals.
STAINLESS used for scraping, transferring, or applying powders
31 SPATULA and paste-like chemicals or treatments.
glass stirring rod, glass rod, stirring rod or stir rod is a
STIRRING OR 13 piece of laboratory equipment used to mix chemicals GLASS ROD and liquids for laboratory purposes. are widely used by chemists to hold, mix, or heat small 14 TEST TUBE quantities of solid or liquid chemicals, especially for qualitative experiments and assays.
cleaning test tubes and narrow mouth laboratory
TEST TUBE 21 glassware, such as graduated cylinders, burettes, and BRUSH Erlenmeyer flasks.
A test tube holder is used to hold test tubes. It is used
TEST TUBE 46 for holding a test tube in place when the tube is hot or HOLDER should not be touched.
TEST TUBE used to hold multiple test tubes upright at the same 33 RACK time.
A laboratory thermometer is used to measure the
boiling point and freezing point during science 16 THERMOMETER experiments. It is also used to measure the temperature of substances.
Thistle tubes are typically used by chemists to add
2 THISTLE TUBE liquid to an existing system or apparatus.
A laboratory tripod is a three-legged platform used to
38 TRIPOD support flasks and beakers.
used to prepare a solution. It is used to make up a
VOLUMETRIC solution to a known volume. Volumetric flasks are 48 FLASK used to measure volumes much more precisely than beakers or Erlenmeyer flasks.
to wash or rinse various pieces of glassware or
25 WASH BOTTLE plasticware in the laboratory, they also have less frequent uses such as precisely filling volumetric flasks
used to incubate samples at a constant temperature
9 WATER BATH over a long period of time.
are circular, slightly-concave pieces of glass that are
used by chemists to evaporate liquids and cover 11 WATCH GLASS beakers during sample preparation. They are also used to hold solids during weighing.
39 WIREGAUZE to diffuse the heat, helping to protect the glassware.
PNEUMATIC for collecting gases, such as hydrogen, oxygen and 26 TROUGH nitrogen.
The main purpose of wing top laboratory apparatus is
35 WING TOP to change and adjust the shape of the flame that comes from a Bunsen burner.
used for firmly holding test-tubes, burettes and other
50 BURET CLAMP glassware in place when performing experiments such as titration.
used in analytical chemistry for accurate dispensing of
40 BASE BURET variable, and for measuring the volume of a liquid, especially of one of the reagents in a titration.
used especially in laboratory procedures for accurate
45 ACID BURET fluid dispensing and measurement.
used in the lab for liquid-liquid extractions, separating
SEPARATORY 19 a mixture's components into two solvent phases of FUNNEL different densities.
used to connect various glassware items, usually when
12 ADAPTER making various setups, like distillation, refluxing, sublimation, inert gas environment, vacuum, etc
primarily used for distillation, the process of
DISTILLING 18 separating a mixture of liquids with different boiling FLASK points through evaporation and condensation.
PLATFORM A platform balance is a laboratory apparatus which is
42 BALANCE used for weighing objects.
TRIANGULAR A triangular file is a specialized tool for trimming and
34 FILE sharpening edges.
a shallow cylindrical, round glass that is used in
43 PETRI DISH laboratories to culture different microorganisms and cells.
EXTENSION Extension Clamps allow placement of apparatus at
24 CLAMP various distances from the frame or rod.
20 GLASS TUBING used in many laboratories or industrial workplaces to
connect other items of glassware or equipment and to convey or deliver chemicals, solvents, liquids, gases and other products.
ROUND used as laboratory glassware, mostly for chemical or
49 BOTTOM FLASK biochemical work.
TRIPLE BEAM used to measure masses very precisely; the reading