LABORATORY ACTIVITY 1

TEST TUBE

Chemists use test tubes extensively in laboratories to treat chemical

products, particularly for experiments and qualitative tests (laboratory
glass tube). Their spherical bottoms and vertical sides reduce mass loss
during pouring, make them easier to clean, and allow for optimal content
control.
BEAKER

Beakers are the chemistry lab's workhorse glassware. They come in a

variety of sizes and are used to measure liquid volumes. Beakers aren't
exactly precise. Some are even devoid of volume measurements.

Erlenmeyer flask
 It is used in labs for mixing, cooling, heating, filtrating,
incubating, and storing liquids. These flasks are named after Emil
Erlenmeyer, who was the German chemist that created these
flasks.

Florence flask
The flasks are used to measure and transfer liquids such as water
and alcohol in labs.

Glass funnel
 Laboratory funnels are used to channel liquids or fine-grained chemicals
(powders) into labware with a narrow neck or opening. Often, they are
made of plastic or glass such as: polypropylene or borosilicate 3.3 glass.

Watch glass
A Watch Glass is a circular concave piece of glass used in
chemistry as a surface to evaporate a liquid, to hold solids
while being weighed, for heating a small amount of substance and
as a cover for a beaker.
Glass pipette
Pipettes function as tiny straws that suck up a liquid into the vacuum of its
internal holding space. If you wish to extract a very precise, yet small,
volume of liquid, a pipette is the tool you’ll likely use. Make sure to
always draw up solutions out of a clean beaker, rather than the stock
supply.

Graduated cylinder
In a chemistry laboratory, scientists use a graduated cylinder
to get accurate measurements of liquid volume. Scientists use
many different sizes of this measuring tool, depending on what
they are measuring.

Petri dish
The dish is used to culture cells by providing storage space and preventing
them from getting contaminated. Since the dish is transparent, it is easy to
observe the growth stages of microorganisms clearly.

Stirring rod
Long, thin stirring rods are an essential piece of laboratory equipment used
to mix chemicals and liquids for reaction purposes. Stirring rods are
fabricated from glass, with steel cores, or in solid plastic, and they are
chemically resistant, inert, and non-abrasive.

Weighing scale
Lab balances are one of the many types of weighing scales in chemistry
and can measure up to a precision of 0.01g. Over the years, we have grown
habitual of using technology to ease our workload. Digital weighing scales
are one such technological advancement.

Triple beam balance

Balances are most commonly used to weigh out small amounts of
chemicals (solids, not liquids or gases) for use in solutions.
However, if you need greater precision, it’s worth it to learn how
to use a triple beam balance. This balance measures mass, not
weight, in grams (g). Its name comes from the three (triple)
beams which carry weights.

Crucible
Crucibles are used in quantitative gravimetric chemical
analysis (analysis by measuring mass of an analyte or its derivative).
Common crucible use may be as follows. A residue or precipitate in a
chemical analysis method can be collected or filtered from some sample
or solution on special "ashless" filter paper.

Mortar and pestle

A mortar and pestle is often used in solid state chemistry to prepare
reactants for solid state synthesis (the ceramic method). Solid
chemicals are ground into fine powder using a mortar and pestle, and
solids are crushed into smaller pieces using a mortar and pestle. The
inside of the mortar is unglazed for better grinding.

Tripod
It is used as a platform to hold and support glassware, such as
beakers and flasks, during experiments and when the glassware is
not in use. A tripod’s height is easily adjustable to fit varying
individual requirements.
Iron stand

Iron stand is used in chemistry and other sciences to sturdy the

subject that you are experimenting with or equipment that
you are using. The iron stand will usually be paired with an iron
ring. This iron ring is the part of the equipment that attaches the
subject and keeps it sturdy on the iron stand.
Iron ring

An iron ring, sometimes referred to as an iron support ring, is used in

chemistry labs to stabilize flasks mounted to a ring stand and supports
them over the work area. Some iron rings also include a clamp. During
experiments, scientists have protocols they follow for safety.
Test tube brush

Test tube brushes function chemistry: people use the test tube brush to
brush scrub, and clean a test tube, to hopefully lessen the chances of any
contamination. Test tube brushes function chemistry, a test tube cleaner is
used as suggested -- it is used to clean test tubes

Test tube holder

Nowadays, the test tube holder is the most basic experimental
instrument used to place and dry test tubes in the chemical
laboratory. Sometimes the test tube can be placed on the test tube
rack to observe the inside reaction phenomenon.

Test tube rack

Test tubes are usually placed in special-purpose racks . Test
tubes intended for general chemical work are usually made of
glass, for its relative resistance to heat. Tubes made from
expansion-resistant glasses, mostly borosilicate glass or fused
quartz, can withstand high temperatures up to several hundred
degrees Celsius 

Iron clamp
An iron clamp is a piece of equipment that is commonly found
in chemistry laboratories. It is used to hold things in place, for
example, a test tube over a Bunsen burner and comes with an iron
stand that is used to elevate whatever the clamp is holding.

Wash bottle
Wash bottles are used to rinse out test tube many laboratory
containers like beakers, graduated cylinders, cuvettes, and
pipettes. It is also used to dispense specific reagents into test tubes
or micro-chemistry

Spatula
The Laboratory Spatula is an instrument that is used mainly to take
samples in small quantities of some solid substance or compound. This
utensil, like other laboratory devices, are key to developing research and
experiments in the field of science, both in medicine and in the food,
pharmaceutical industry and more.

Wire gauze
Wire gauze. Wire gauze is an important piece of supporting equipment in a
laboratory as glassware cannot be heated directly with the flame of a
Bunsen burner, and requires the use of a wire gauze to diffuse the heat,
helping to protect the glassware. Glassware has to be flat-bottomed to stay
on the wire gauze.
Spot plate

A spot plate, also called a reaction plate is a laboratory tool made either
from ceramics or plastics. Each plate consists of many cavity-like depressions in
which only small amount of reactants can be added at a time. The number of wells on
each plate vary from 12 to 24 wells allowing multiple reactions to be performed at a
time. Plates can vary in their sizes, color and diameter and cavity depth. They are
commonly white in color, allowing easy observation of reaction changes and color
changes. Porcelain spot plates are considered to be reusable, stronger, highly resistant
to the actions of concentrated chemicals and also autoclavable.
Distillation flask

The distilling flask, also known as a fractional distillation flask

or fractioning flask, is a vessel with a round bottom and a long
neck from which a side arm protrudes. It is primarily used for
distillation, the process of separating a mixture of liquids with
different boiling points through evaporation and condensation
Distilling arm

Distillation is one of the main methods 1 used to purify ocean

water and works well since salt, microorganisms, and other
components of seawater are non-volatile. The main
disadvantage of distilling water is that the process requires a lot of
energy, and unless engineered creatively, the economics can be a
major deterrent to using the method.
Separatory funnel

Separatory funnels are used in the lab for liquid-liquid extractions,

separating a mixture's components into two solvent phases of different
densities. The higher density liquid sinks to the bottom and can then be
drained from a valve, leaving the less dense liquid in the funnel.

Aspirator
An Aspirator Used In Chemistry Laboratory Apparatus? An
aspirator is also known as an eductor-jet pump ,or a filter pump. T
his is a device that is able to produce a vacuum by using the
venturi effect. In an aspirator there is a fluid (either liquid or
gaseous) that flows through a narrowing tube.

Condenser
The two hoses connected to the condenser circulate water through the
space between the inner and outer walls. In chemistry, a condenser is
laboratory apparatus used to condense vapors – that is, turn them into
liquids – by cooling them down.
Crucible tong

1. Crucible tongs are widely used in biology and chemistry laboratories

to hold and pick up various laboratory equipment including beakers,
crucibles, and flasks.

2. Crucible tongs are the safety instruments that are generally used to
hold hot objects and containers that contain toxic chemicals.

3. They are prominently used in metal industries to handle the objects

placed in furnaces and ovens. Industrial crucible tongs are comparatively
heavy and bulky in nature.

4. Crucible tongs are often used in glass factories to fuse the glass.

Bunsen burner
The Bunsen burner is now a very important tool in modern
chemistry laboratories. It can burn a number of types of fuel,
and produces a single clean and hot flame. The Bunsen burner has
a valve for gas intake, and a needle valve that allows precise
control of the amount of air that mixes with the fuel.

Hot plate
Hot plates are frequently used in the laboratory to perform
chemical reactions, to heat samples, and for numerous other
activities. Hot plates are conceptually simple a flat surface with
heating elements.

Alcohol lamp
The ubiquitous alcohol lamp, or spirit lamp, seen being used to heat the
contents of the retorts in this delightful engraving from the frontispiece of
Worthington Hooker’s First Book in Chemistry for the Use of Schools and
Families (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1862), is one of the oldest pieces
of laboratory apparatus.