Basic Laboratory Glassware

and Equipment
NELSON M. PANAJON, RCh
Instructor
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Pipette
volumetric a cylindrical glassware used
pipet to transport measure
volumes of liquid

transfer
pasteur pipet
pipet

measuring/graduated
pipet
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Aspirator
a rubber/silicone device
used to suck in the liquid top
be measured inside the
pipet
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Florence Flask
a long-necked borosilicate glass
container used to heat or boil the
solutions
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Distilling Flask
• a long-necked borosilicate
glass container that comes
with a distilling arm

• used to heat or boil the

solutions to be purified during
distillation

• an evolution of retort
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Condenser
• a borosilicate glassware that
consists of an outer water
jacket and a series of bulbs and
constrictions in the inner tube

• each increasing the surface

area upon which the vapor
condense

• can also be used for refluxing

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Adapter
borosilicate glass used as joints
and connectors in various set ups
Claisen
adapters

condenser
adapter
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Retort
an old glass container used
to heat or boil the solutions
to be purified during
distillation
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Filtering Flask
• made from borosilicate glass
with tubulation/side arm

• used with a Buchner funnel and

a vacuum pump
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Buchner Funnel
glazed porcelain material with
fixed perforated plate that is
attached to the filtering flask to
separate precipitates from the
mixture
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Separatory Funnel
conical, pear-shaped borosilicate
glass with PTFE Stopcock and
Ground Glass Stopper use to
separate liquids of different
polarity
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Spatula
a broad, flat, flexible blade used to
mix,spread and lift material
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Tripod
a metal framework used to
support the clay triangle or
the glassware during
heating, evaporation or
boiling
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Dessicator
• use as a container to hold
hygroscopic materials prior to
weighing

• usually comes with a dessicator

plate

dessicator
plate
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Thank You.