1. Lab Equipment

2. Beakers Used to measure estimated quantities of substances, usually
liquids.
Come in various sizes.

3. Graduated Cylinders Used to measure more exact quantities of liquids.
Come in various sizes.

4. Erlenmeyer Flasks Used for measuring estimated amounts of
liquid and for mixing
substances together.
Come in various sizes.

5. Volumetric Flasks Used to measure exact amounts of liquid and for
mixing substances together.
Come in various sizes.

6. Round (Florence) Flasks
Used for heating
liquids, usually in a
separating process such
as distillation.
Come in various sizes.

7. Burettes
Used to titrate various
liquids.
burette

8. Pipettes Used to measure precise amounts of liquid and to
carefully transport liquids.
Come in various sizes and
shapes.
Transfer pipettes

9. Funnels
Used to separate solids
from liquids.
Come in various sizes.

10. Crucibles Used for heating various substances. Can be used
with or without lid.
Come in various sizes.

11. Mortars & Pestles Used for grinding down substances into fine
particles.

12. Evaporating Dishes Used for heating various substances to the point
of evaporation.

13. Watch Glasses
Use for crystallization or
for beaker covers.

14. Wire Meshes
Used for holding beakers
over flames.

15. Clay Triangles Used to hold a crucible over a flame for heating
substances.

16. Test Tubes Used for holding liquids or specimens; for mixing
substances together; and
for carrying out small
scale reactions.
Come in various sizes.

17. Test Tube Racks
Used to hold test tubes.

18. Bunsen Burners
Used to heat substances.

19. Scoopulas
Used to transport solids
from one container to
another.

20. Stirring Rods
Used to stir mixtures.

21. Tweezers Used to pick solids out of other substances to avoid
touching and contaminating
the substance.

22. Droppers
Used to measure out
droplets of liquid.

23. Balances
Used to measure the
mass of substances.

24. Rings Used to support wire mesh and clay triangles
which hold other equipment
during heating and other
processes.

25. Ring Stands
Hold clamps and rings.

26. Crucible Tongs
Used to transport hot
crucibles.

27. Test Tube Tongs
Used to transport hot/cold
test tubes.

28. Beaker Tongs
Used to transport hot/cold
beakers.

29. Thermometers
Used to measure the
temperature of substances.

30. Well Plates
Used to carry out small
scale reactions.

31. Test Tube Clamps
Used to secure test tubes
to a stand.

32. Burette Clamps
Used to secure burettes
to a stand.

33. Goggles/Safety Glasses
Used to protect the eyes
from harmful substances.
Should be worn over
prescription glasses.
Contact lenses should not
be used in the lab.

34. Lab Equipment