Lab Equipment These GOGGLES are used to protect your eyes from broken glass, chemicals and flames.

A WATCHGLASS can be used as a beaker cover, but you can also place small amounts of chemicals on it and then heat it (for example, to evaporate some water from a wet chemical). "A" is the STIRRING ROD, which is used to stir combinations of chemicals. You can also pour liquid down along it (as you pour it into another container) to keep it from splashing out. "B" is the RUBBER POLICEMAN. It is put on the end of the stirring rod, and it keeps the glass rod from scratching a glass beaker or other container. The CLAY TRIANGLE is a frame which can support a container. For example, it can hold a crucible during heating or can hold a funnel during filtering.

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FUNNEL is used with filter paper to remove undissolved solids from liquid mixture. It also can be used to help pour a liquid into a container that has a small opening (for example, a volumetric flask).

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EVAPORATING DISH is used as a container for heating, usually when you want to evaporate a liquid from some chemicals.

This all-purpose UTILITY CLAMP can be used to hold many lab equipment items when it is attached to a ring stand. For example: test tubes, hoses, erlenmeyer flasks, burets.

This BURET CLAMP is used to hold a buret. The clamp is attached to ring stand.

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LAB TONGS can be used hold or pick up many items, but work best as tongs for picking up a hot evaporating

CRUCIBLE TONGS are designed up pick up and hold a crucible.

dish. BEAKER TONGS are best used to hold a hot beaker. FORCEPS are used to pick up small items in the laboratory

WIRE GAUZE can be used to support a container (such as a beaker or flask) during heating. When the bunsen burner flame is beneath it, the wire gauze helps to spread the flame (and heat) out evenly over the container.

A RUBBER STOPPER with no holes (B) is used as a "plug" for a test tube or flask. When the stopper as a hole in it, a piece of tubing can be inserted in it (see "A" and "C").

A TEST TUBE CLAMP holds a test tube during heating.

The RING CLAMP is attached to the ring stand, and is used as a support. For example, it might be used to hold a funnel during filtering.

A TEST TUBE is used as a container to hold chemicals during heating or other reactions, and the TEST TUBE RACK supports the test tubes. WEIGHING PAPER looks and feels like waxed paper. It is used with the balance so that the chemicals are placed on the paper instead of directly on the balance.

A SPOT PLATE has a number of small "wells". Chemicals are placed into the small wells, and the reaction can be observed as it takes place in the "well".

Weighing paper is folded before it is used (folded into quarters).

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THERMOMETER used to measure temperature. We use celsius in the chemistry lab.

The PIPET BULB is used to fill a pipet with liquid.

WASH BOTTLE is used to rinse glassware in the chemistry lab. It is NOT used to rinse your eyes!

Pipets are used to measure liquid. "A" is a VOLUMETRIC PIPET. Volumetric pipets are used to measure one amount only. For example, a 25 mL volumetric pipet is used to measure 25 mL only, and no other amount. "B" is a GRADUATED PIPET. Graduated pipets have a lot of lines drawn on it so that you can measure many different amounts.

A SEPARATORY FUNNEL is a glass container. A mixture of liquids can be poured into it and allowed to separate.

The ERLENMEYER FLASK is a container which gives only approximate measurements of volume. It is usually used as a mixing vessel or a container for heating.

The FLORENCE FLASK is used to hold a liquid during heating. Flat bottom.

This ROUND BOTTOM flask is very similar to a florence flask. The round bottom is for more uniform heating of a liquid.

The MORTAR is the dish, and the PESTLE is the grinder. They are used to crush or grind up chemicals.

The GRADUATED CYLINDER is used to measure the volume of liquids in mL. Accurate for measuring a liquid where you want to record a specific volume.

The BEAKER doesn't measure the volume of liquids very accurately. It is usually used as a container for mixing or holding chemicals. Beakers hold solids or liquids that will not release gases when reacted or are unlikely to splatter if stirred or heated.

The VOLUMETRIC FLASK is used the measure one specific volume of liquid (kind of like a volumetric pipet).

The HYDROMETER floats or sinks when placed into a liquid which is related to the density of the liquid.

The CONDUCTIVITY TESTER is used to measure whether an object conducts electricity or not.

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The FLINT LIGHTER is used ignite the flame of a BUNSEN BURNER. The gas collects inside the small cup, and the spark created ignites the gas.

The MAGNETIC STIR BAR is a magnet covered with teflon.

A Bunsen burner. Used to heat quids or solids.

. Test tube brush. Used to clean out test tubes

A RING STAND is used to support a ring clamp or test tube clamp.

A SCOOPULA is used to transfer solids. It is often used to transfer solids from a container into a weighing vessel. AKA Laboratory Scoop.

The RUBBER TUBING has a rubber stopper at one end and a PINCH CLAMP at the other end. The pinch clamp can close the hose if necessary.

The DROPPER PIPET is a medicine dropper and just dispenses small drops of liquid.

The CRUCIBLE and its COVER are used to hold small amounts of chemicals during heating at high temperatures, especially if you want to keep oxygen out of the reaction (just put the cover on the crucible).

FILTER PAPER is used to separate a mixture. It feels like thick coffee filter paper and has very small holes in it. It is folded into a "cone" shape.

This HOT PLATE is used as a heat source. The FILTERING FLASK has a side-arm which is connected to a low pressure source. This can speed of filtration.