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Essential Laboratory Equipment Guide

This document summarizes common laboratory equipment used to heat substances and contain liquids. It describes Bunsen burners for heating test tubes and beakers of liquid, watch glasses for evaporating liquids and holding solids, gauze mats for protecting heated containers, test tubes for combining and heating liquids, tongs for handling hot or hazardous materials safely, graduated cylinders for measuring liquid volumes, ring stands for securing glassware, beakers for storing, mixing and heating liquids, Erlenmeyer flasks for pouring and storing solutions, test tube brushes for cleaning narrow tubes, test tube holders for holding heated tubes, stirring rods for mixing chemicals, evaporating dishes for removing solvents, distilling flasks for separating mixtures by boiling

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Essential Laboratory Equipment Guide

This document summarizes common laboratory equipment used to heat substances and contain liquids. It describes Bunsen burners for heating test tubes and beakers of liquid, watch glasses for evaporating liquids and holding solids, gauze mats for protecting heated containers, test tubes for combining and heating liquids, tongs for handling hot or hazardous materials safely, graduated cylinders for measuring liquid volumes, ring stands for securing glassware, beakers for storing, mixing and heating liquids, Erlenmeyer flasks for pouring and storing solutions, test tube brushes for cleaning narrow tubes, test tube holders for holding heated tubes, stirring rods for mixing chemicals, evaporating dishes for removing solvents, distilling flasks for separating mixtures by boiling

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Bunsen burner- is a staple part of the

standard laboratory apparatus set. It gives A watch glass is a circular concave


off heat through a vertical flame and so is piece of glass used in chemistry as a
ideal to be used when wanting to warm up surface to evaporate a liquid, to hold
test tubes or beakers full of liquids. solids while being weighed, for heating
a small amount of substance and as a
cover for a beaker.

Gauze mats- are used to Test tubes- are probably one of the
stand containers or material on most iconic apparatus of a typical
when it is normally placed over laboratory. They are used to combine
a tripod. liquids and also heat them up.
Tongs- are very useful when conducting any
experiments that involves either intense
a mortar and pestle is often used to
heat or harmful substances. The tongs allow
prepare reactants for a solid state
you to grip and move things without having
synthesis (the ceramic method).
to touch it with your hands.

A test tube brush or spout brush is a


Graduated cylinder - measures
brush used for cleaning test tubes and narrow
approximate volume of liquids.
. mouth laboratory glassware, such as
graduated cylinders, burettes, and Erlenmeyer
flasks
A test tube holder is used to hold test

Ring Stand- used to hold or clamp tubes. It is used for holding a test tube in
place when the tube is hot or should not be
laboratory glassware and other
touched. For example, a test tube holder can
equipment in place, so that it does
be used to hold a test tube while it is being
not fall down or come apart.
heated.

A glass stirring rod, glass rod,


Beaker- used to store, mix and heat liquids stirring rod or stir rod is a piece of
in laboratories. laboratory equipment used to mix
chemicals and liquids for laboratory
purposes. .
Evaporating dish is used to evaporate
Erlenmeyer Flask- is used for pouring excess solvents – most commonly water –
solutions and may be closed with a stopper in to produce a concentrated solution or a
order to store [Link] used for pouring solid precipitate of the dissolved substance.
solutions and may be closed with a stopper in
order to store samples.

A distilling flask is a piece of


laboratory equipment that is used to The clay shield and rubber
separate mixtures of two liquids with tubing are useful in heating during
different boiling points. experiments.

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