Laboratory Equipment and Skills:

Recognizing Lab Equipment

In the chemistry laboratory, you will be using equipment, handling materials, and performing
certain unfamiliar tasks. The purpose of this section is to introduce you to the equipment and
to describe some of their uses that you will need to be familiar with in this laboratory course.
There will be a quiz given online that will be based on prior knowledge and this reference
sheet.
DESCRIPTION EQUIPMENT USE DESCRIPTION EQUIPMENT USE
vertical metal rod support for rings, glass Preparation of solu-
heavy base clamps or other lab has specified volume tions
equipment etched line Precision volume
measurements

VOLUMETRIC FLASK
RING STAND
glass container
iron ring Support device for top is smaller than less evaporation than
screw fastener beakers, flasks, or base beaker
variety of diameters other lab equipment indicated volume can be heated
ERLENMEYER FLASK
IRON RING

open mouth container container glass container

straight sides may be used like cup rounded sides can be heated
specific volumes are can be heated indicated volume
marked on container
BEAKER FLORENCE FLASK

vertical glass makes precision vol- metal clamp holds burets when
hollow cylinder ume measurements flexible clips conducting volumetric
Increment markings holds 2 experiments
BURET CLAMP
GRADUATED CYLINDER
pouring liquids into plastic or ceramic holds liquids in
glass or plastic buret or flask many small bowls micro experiments
holding filter paper
WELL PLATE
FUNNEL
wire screen spread heat of flame
metal clamp holds test tubes or has ceramic disk to cooling heated con-
screw fastener other equipment dissipate heat tainer
TEST TUBE CLAMP WIRE GAUZE
container
glass or plastic glass versions can be triangular wire frame supports items being
variety of diameters heated with clay heated on ring stand
insulators
TEST TUBE CLAY TRIANGLE
wire grid or Holds test tubes in holds small amounts
made of plastic/wood upright position ceramic dish of liquids.
can be heated
TEST TUBE RACK EVAPORATING DISH

thick metal wire allows for test tubes metal pick up and hold
spring handle to be transferred or beakers
moved without touch-
TEST TUBE HOLDER ing with hands TONGS
 DESCRIPTION EQUIPMENT USE DESCRIPTION EQUIPMENT USE
metal and ceramic most accurate meth- squeezable plastic dispenses distilled
highly delicate od to determine mass bottle with angular tip water
requires experience to
use

TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE

holds water,
plastic gas collection bottles,
at least a foot deep and gas collection WASH BOTTLE
tubes pick up or hold small
metal tweezers objects
PNEUMATIC TROUGH
designed to pour liq- FORCEPS
glass uids into burets can cover beakers
funnel shape curved glass used in evaporating
BURET FUNNEL small amounts of liq-
used to etch glass uid
metal file used for filing WATCH GLASS

TRIANGLE FILE metal clamp with clamps together rub-

seals flasks and finger grips ber hoses
rubber bottles
PINCH CLAMP
transfer small
STOPPERS glass tip with rubber amounts of liquid
allows small samples bulb DROPPER
to be heated to ex-
porcelain jar with lid treme temperatures metal heating device Produces medium
connected to gas out- heat flame, the stand-
CRUCIBILE AND LID let without gas con- ard lab burner
used for cleaning lab trol valve
brush with wire han- equipment
dle BUNSEN BURNER
TEST TUBE BRUSH
metal heating device produces very high-
to stir liquids without connected to gas out- heat flame
glass rod transfer of heat let with gas control much hotter than
GLASS valve BUNSEN BURNER
STIRRING used in pouring liq-
uids TIRRILL BURNER
ROD

metal gas vent burner produces very large

made of metal or transfer solid chemi- with broad flame high heat flame
porcelain cals for weighing catcher bigger flame than
SPATULA TIRRIL BUNER
hotter flame than
glass BUNSEN BURNER
marked with MEKER BURNER
glass with alcohol or
inverted mL GAS mercury inside heavy porcelain
scale COLLECTION dish with glass
TUBE plastic coating grinder marked with inverted
used to collect mL scale
and measure measures tempera- used to grind has stopcock to control
volumes of THEROMETER flow
ture of gas or liquid solid chemicals MORTAR BURET
gas from samples to a powder used for precision vol-
AND PESTLE
experiments ume measurements