Common Laboratory Equipment

COMMON LABORATORY
EQUIPMENT
OBJECTIVES
Identify the common laboratory equipment and glassware used
in a chemistry laboratory.
Enumerate common pieces of laboratory equipment and

glassware and their uses.
Know the importance and proper handling of common

laboratory equipment and glassware.
TEST TUBES TEST TUBE HOLDER
A cylindrical tube closed at An iron or copper ware used to

one end; it is used to contain hold test tubes, especially
small amounts of liquid or when heating.
solid material for mixing or
heating.
BEAKER
TEST TUBE RACK
Deep, open mouthed thin

A wooden device used to cylindrical vessel with a spout;
transport and rest test tubes. it is used to contain
substances to be heated or to
undergo reaction.
ERLENMEYER GRADUATED
FLASK CYLINDER
A conical flask with a broad Cylindrical tube with a spout

base; it is used to hold liquids. and graduation; it is used to
measure liquids.
VOLUMETRIC FUNNEL
FLASK
An inverted conical apparatus with a

Flask fitted with a stopper; it is tapering tube at the small end; it is used for
made to contain a stated pouring liquids or solids into containers with
amount of liquids; it is used in small openings; it is used to direct the
the preparation of solutions. downward flow of liquids; it can also
support a filtering material in filtration.
EVAPORATING
DISH WATCH GLASS
A circular concave piece of glass

used as a surface to evaporate a
liquid, to hold solids while being
A porcelain container used in weighed, for heating a small
evaporating solvents by amount of substance, and as a
heating. cover for a beaker.
SPATULA
STIRRING ROD
A stirring device which is also used

A flat, thin flexible dull-edged
to aid in the transfer of liquids
metal; it is used in transferring
without spilling.
solid chemicals from a stock
bottle to another container.
CRUCIBLE
CRUCIBLE
TONGS
A ceramic or metal container

A tong used to hold crucibles and
that is used to hold materials
evaporating dish.
that will be subjected to high
or extreme temperatures.
WIRE GAUZE
BUNSEN BURNER
A mesh that is made of metal that

The small single nozzle burner is used to support glass wares or
used in the laboratory. other containers while heating. It is
place between the burner and the
container.
TRIPOD PIPETTE
An iron ring with (usually) A lean graduated cylindrical tube

three supporting rods used to used to measure and transfer liquids.
support a flat-bottom vessel.
ASPIRATOR DROPPER
A round bodied instrument

An instrument used in transferring
used for the suction of liquids
small amounts of liquids; it has its
using pipettes.
own aspirator.
MORTAR AND PESTLE BURETTE
A mortar is a vessel in which substances

are ground or crushed with a pestle. A
pestle is a tool used to crush, mash or
grind materials in a mortar. In solid state A burette is used to dispense small
chemistry a mortar and pestle is often volumes of liquid called aliquots, or
used to prepare reactants for a solid sometimes gas, with high accuracy
state synthesis (the ceramic method)
IRON STAND, RING, AND
CLAMP ALCOHOL LAMP
A mortar is a vessel in which substances are An alcohol burner or spirit lamp is a

ground or crushed with a pestle. A pestle is a piece of laboratory equipment used
tool used to crush, mash or grind materials in a to produce an open flame. It can be
mortar. In solid state chemistry a mortar and made from brass, glass, stainless
pestle is often used to prepare reactants for a steel or aluminum
solid state synthesis (the ceramic method)
WASH BOTTLE TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE
A squeeze bottle with a nozzle, used to A typical instrument used to measure the
rinse various pieces of laboratory mass of various objects. It consists of three
glassware, such as test tubes and round beams, each of which is provided with a
bottom flasks. To clean laboratory single sliding weight that has a size
glassware and other equipment. corresponding to the gradations of the
notched scale on each beam.
ANALYTICAL BALANCE
TOP LOADING BALANCE
An extremely accurate laboratory Used for weighing solid material when

balance created to precisely an accuracy of 0.1 g is satisfactory
measure the mass of an object.

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COMMON LABORATORY

Enumerate common pieces of laboratory equipment and

Know the importance and proper handling of common

A cylindrical tube closed at An iron or copper ware used to

Deep, open mouthed thin

A conical flask with a broad Cylindrical tube with a spout

An inverted conical apparatus with a

A circular concave piece of glass

A stirring device which is also used

A ceramic or metal container

A mesh that is made of metal that

An iron ring with (usually) A lean graduated cylindrical tube

A round bodied instrument

A mortar is a vessel in which substances

A mortar is a vessel in which substances are An alcohol burner or spirit lamp is a

An extremely accurate laboratory Used for weighing solid material when

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