USES AND FUNCTION OF THE COMMON LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS

What are the function of goggles?

• Protects the eyes from flying objects or chemical splashes; must be worn at all times in the lab.

• Used to dispense chemicals from a larger container.

• Used to mix substances (gently!).

• Used to dispense chemicals from a larger container.

What is the function of a beaker?

• Used to hold substances being weighed

• A small glass container used to view chemical reactions or to hold or heat small amounts of a substance.

• A wide-mouthed container used to transport, heat, or store substances.

• A narrow-mouthed container used to transport, heat or store substances; often used when a stopper is required.

What makes graduated cylinders and beakers different from each other?

• Graduated cylinders are used to accurately measure substances while beakers cannot

• Graduated cylinders cannot be used to transport substances

• Beakers store substances while graduated cylinders cannot

• Graduated cylinders and beakers have the same functions, but different shapes

What is the function of a test tube?

• A small glass container used to view chemical reactions or to hold or heat small amounts of a substance.

• Used to measure volume very precisely.

• Used to dispense chemicals from a larger container.

• A wide-mouthed container used to transport, heat, or store substances.

What is the function of a bunsen burner?

• A small container used to view chemical reactions or to hold or heat small amounts of a substance.

• Used to dispense a very small amount of a liquid.

• Used to heat objects, often when stirring is required. Powered by electricity.

• Used to heat objects. Fueled by gas and lit using a striker.

What is the function of an Erlenmeyer Flask?

• Used to measure volume very precisely.

• A narrow-mouthed container used to transport, heat or store substances; often used when a stopper is required.

• A small glass container used to view chemical reactions or to hold or heat small amounts of a substance.

• A wide-mouthed container used to transport, heat, or store substances.

instrument for measuring precise fluid volumes

• graduated cylinder

• beaker

• Erlenmeyer Flask

instrument used to measure temperature or temperature change

• beaker

• glass stirring rod

• thermometer

instrument used to transfer liquids or fine-grained materials into containers with small openings. Also used for filtration

• pipette

• funnel

• beaker

cylindrical glass tube used for holding liquids or heating them over a Bunsen burner's flame

• graduated cylinder

• test tube

• beaker