Science Lab Equipment
Basic Lab Techniques Page
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Here's a list of equipment for lab stations and lab trays
Additional equipment is available, if requested by your group before the lab.
You should know the name of each piece and its basic use.
Pipet
For exact volume
measurements of
There are several
liquids. Pipet on
styles of fillers
the left is a Pipet filler
used to draw
Volumetric pipet.
liquids into a
It has only one
pipet. A standard
graduation for
pipet bulb is the
delivering one
most commonly
exact volume. Pipet
used one.
on the right is a
Mohr pipet. It has
Never draw a
graduations for
liquid into a pipet
delivering any
with your mouth.
number of exact
volumes.
Filter flask
The Erlenmeyer Erlenmeyer flask
Used in flask is the most
conjunction with a common flask in
vacuum connection the DVHS
to a water faucet to chemistry lab. It is
speed up filtration. used to contain
reaction solutions.
The rounded Florance flask The volumetric Volumetric flask
bottom of the flask is used to
florance flask make solutions. It
makes it ideal for has a precise
boiling liquids. It graduation line in
also makes this the neck of the
flask easy to tip flask. A solute is
placed into the
flask, then the
over when sitting solvent is used to
on the lab table. bring the total
volume up to the
graduation.
Beakers are the Graduated cylindar
Used to make
most versatile
accurate
glassware in the lab
measurements of
and can be used for Beaker
liquid volumes.
just about anything.
The bumper ring
The volume
on larger cylindars
graduations on
is to prevent
beakers should be
breakage if tipped
used only for
over. Keep it near
"ballpark"
the top.
estimates.
This dish is used to
A watch glass can
recover dissolved
Evaporating dish be used like an Watch glass
solids by
evaporating dish
evaporation. While
for very small
it can be heated, it
amounts of liquid.
should not be used
It can also be used
for "strong"
to cover beakers.
heating.
When attached to
When attached to Support ring the ring stand, this Utility clamp
the ring stand, this clamp is used to
iron ring is used to hold a large test
support glassware tube or Florance
above the lab table. flask above the
lab table.
Crucible and cover These tongs are Crucible tongs
Crucibles are used
used for picking
as a container when
up crucibles and
something requires
crucible covers
"strong" heating.
only.
Used as a support Wire gauze Used to light a lab Striker
for beakers when burner. Not a toy
placed across a noisemaker during
support ring. lab.
Mortor and Pestle
Test tube holder
Used to hold test
Used to grind
tubes for short
solids into
periods of
powders.
"gentle" heating.
Wash bottle
Filter funnel
When lined with
Used for rinsing
filter paper, used to
solids out of a
filter suspended
container when
solids from a
filtering.
liquid.
Used to transfer Hose clamps
solids from their Chemical spoon Used to close
original container hoses by pinching
to a scale for them together.
weighing.
Dessicators are used to provide a dry environment for a Desiccator
crucible or substance to cool down. This is critical in
quantitative work where moisture can affect mass results. A
common dessicant is anhydrous calcium chloride. Colored
indicator crystals are usually included to tell the user the
condition of the dessicant. A gray color in the crystals usually
indicates that the dessicant is dry and will absorb moisture. A
pink color usually means that the dessicant is "hydrated". When
this happens, the water can be removed by heating it in an oven.