COMMON LABORATORY APPARATUS

It is used to heat samples in the lab. Some applications include maintaining cell lines or heating flammable chemicals that might combust if exposed to open flame.

• Iron stand

• funnel

• water trough

• water bath

It is the ideal stopper used in test tubes and flasks.

• water bath

• clay triangle

• cork

• screw

It is also used in some instances to clamp a couple of support rods together, or to clamp an iron ring or other attachment to a metal bar.

• iron stand

• meter stick

• wire gauze

• burette

Used to hold crucibles

• crucible holder

• test tube holder

• crucible tong

• pipettes

Used to heat liquids for evaporation.

• mortar and pestle

• glass watch

• evaporating dish

• funnel

It is used for containing water when collecting gases

• test tube holder

• water through

• Erlenmeyer flask

• beakers

It is used to measure masses very precisely

• weighing scale

• burette

• dropper

• beam balance

It is used to support a container, such as a beaker, on a ring stand while it is being heated. May have a fiberglass or ceramic center.

• wire gauze

• stirring rod

• beam balance

• ring stand

It is used to measure length in the Metric System.

• meter stick

• compass

• protractor

• graduated cylinder

Are containers made of glass, plastic, borosilicate or related substances, and topped by special caps or stoppers and are intended to contain chemicals in liquid or powder form for laboratories and stored in cabinets or on shelves.

• bottle reagents

• test tube racks

• volumetric flask

• florence flask