The table provided consists of seventeen (17) common laboratory glassware / equipment and their

appropriate use. Knowing the proper use will help ensure safe laboratory practices.

Glassware / Equipment Type Description of Use Representative Image

Used for measuring mass.

Balance

Used to hold, mix, and heat liquids.

Beaker

Beaker Tongs Used to pick up beakers

Frequently used as a heat source in

Bunsen Burner the absence of flammable materials

Glassware / Equipment Type Description of Use Representative Image

Used for dispensing an accurate

volume of a liquid.
Buret

Used to hold and mix chemicals.

Erlenmeyer Flask / Conical The small neck is to facilitate mixing
without spilling.
Flask
 Used to transfer liquids or
finegrained
Funnel materials into containers
with small openings. Also used for
filtration.

Graduated Measuring Used to measure a precise volume

of a liquid.
Cylinder

Used with a ring stand to hold

Ring Clamp glassware, such as a beaker or a
funnel.

Used to hold or clamp laboratory

glassware and other equipment in
place, so it does not fall down or
come apart.
Ring Stand

Glassware / Equipment Type Description of Use Representative Image

Test Tube
Used to hold and mix liquids

Test Tube Clamp Used to hold a test tube, particularly

when hot.
 Used to hold several test tubes
Test Tube Rack at one time.

Used to prepare solutions to an

Volumetric Flask accurate volume

Used to rinse pieces of glassware

Wash Bottle and to add small quantities of water

Used to measure small amounts of

Pipette liquid very accurately. Never pipette
by mouth! Use pipetting aids.

Used to draw liquids into a pipette.

Pipette Bulb