LABORATORY A PPA RAT US

AND T HEIR USES

MORTARAND PESTLE- itisaporcelain container WASH BOTTLE- it usually contains distilled
used to pound or grind solids into powders. water and providesaconvenientmethodto
washouttesttubes or pipettes.
ERLENMEYER FLASK- it is a flask with a broad base. BEAKERS- used to store, mix and heat liquids in
It is use for making solutions or for holding, laboratories. It can also serve to make approximate
containing and storingliquids measurements of liquidvolume.
GRADUATEDCYLINDER- it is used to make an accurate TEST TUBES- are widely used by chemists to hold, mix, or heat
liquid volume of measurements. small quantities of solid or liquid chemicals, especially for qualitative
experiments and assays.
VOLUMETRIC FLASK- is used when it is necessary to know WATCHGLASS-is a circular concavepiece of glass used
both precisely and accurately the volume of the solution as a surface to evaporate a liquid, to hold solids while
that is being prepared. being weighed, for heating a small amount of substance
and as a cover for a beaker.
FUNNEL- an inverted conical apparatus with a GLASS ROD- commonly known as stirring rod. It is a solid
tapering tube at the small end. It is used to channel cylindricalglassusedtostirormixchemicals.It is also used to
liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a aid in the transfer of liquids without spilling.
small opening.
CRUCIBLEANDCOVER-are usedinthelaboratory to EVAPORATING DISH- used in evaporating
contain chemical compounds when heated to solvents by heating.
extremely high temperatures.
THERMOMETERS- measures temperature with a high SPATULA- used for scraping, transferring, or applying
level of precision for applications such as experiment powders and paste like chemicals.
monitoring, instrument calibration, materials testing,
and maintaining a sterile work environment.
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RUBBER STOPPER- used to seal the openings of TESTTUBE HOLDER- it is an ironwire used tohold test tubes,
test tubes, flasks and other laboratory glassware. especially when heating.
TESTTUBE BRUSH- used for cleaning test tubes and TEST TUBE RACK- is a piece of laboratory equipment used
narrow mouth laboratory glassware, such as to hold multiple test tubes upright at the same time.
graduated cylinders andburettes.
CRUCIBLE TONG- it is used to hold crucibles and WIREGAUZE- it is used for supporting beakers and flasks when
evaporating dish. they are being heated.
CLAY TRIANGLE-areplacedonaringattachedtoa TRIPOD- is a portable, three-legged platform equipment,
ring stand as a support for a funnel, crucible, or used to support or hold the flasks and beakers during
evaporating dish. experiments.
IRONSTAND-supportstheironclampwhen IRONCLAMP- used to hold things and is placed in an iron
heating substances or mixtures in a flask or stand to elevate other equipment.
beaker.
ALCOHOL LAMP- is used for heating, sterilization, BUNSEN BURNER- this burner is used for heat
and combustion in a laboratory. The alcohol lamp substances.The burner can be regulated by changing the
uses ethyl alcohol or spirit as a fuel. air and gas mixture.
PIPETTE-used for dispensing a variable volume of aqueous liquid.

MEASURING PIPETTE- used to transfer different

VOLUMETRIC PIPETTE- used to transfer a specific
measured amounts of liquid material from one container to
measured amount of liquid material from one
another.
container to another.
BURETTE- is used to deliver exact volume of liquids, RUBBER BULB ASPIRATOR- it serves as a vacuum
often during titrations. source for filling reagents through a pipette or
pasteurpipetteandalsohelpcontroltheflowof
liquid from the dropping bottle.
TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE- is an instrument used to measure mass
very precisely.

FUME HOOD- They protect workers by: Containing

vapors, dusts, gases, and fumes generated within the
hood, and removing them as air flows into the hood
and then out via the laboratory exhaust system.
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