Lab Equipment

Front 1

Beaker

Back 1

used for stirring, mixing, and heating liquids

Front 2

Beaker Tongs

Back 2

used to handle hot beakers

Front 3

Bunsen Burner

Back 3

produces a single open gas flame that can be used for sterilization, heating, and combustion

Front 4

Centigram Balance

Back 4

used to measure objects that are less than a pound

Front 5

Dropper Bottle

Back 5

used for drawing in a liquid and expelling it in drops

Front 6

Electronic/Digital Balance

Back 6

used to find accurate measurements of weight

Front 7

Erlenmeyer Flask

Back 7

used for storing and mixing chemicals

Front 8

Evaporating Disk/Watch Glass

Back 8

used for heating liquids over a flame so they evaporate and leave a solid residue

Front 9

Forceps

Back 9

used for grasping and holding objects

Front 10

Funnel

Back 10

used to filter materials

Front 11

Gloves

Back 11

used to protect hands from extreme heat or chemicals

Front 12

Graduated Cylinder

Back 12

used to measure volume of a liquid

Front 13

Hot Plate

Back 13

used for preparing chemicals, or heat glassware and its contents

Front 14

Hot water bath setup (ring stand, clamp, bunsen burner, wire gauze, beaker)

Back 14

used to incubate samples in water at a constant temperature over a long period of time

Front 15

Lab Apron

Back 15

used to protect body from dangerous chemicals

Front 16

Magnifying Glass/Hand Lens

Back 16

used to make small objects bigger to examine them

Front 17

Microscope Slide

Back 17

a rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope

Front 18

Microscope Slide Coverslip

Back 18

a thin flat piece of transparent material, usually square or rectangular, that is placed over objects for viewing with a microscope.

Front 19

Microscope-Compound Light Microscope

Back 19

an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times

Front 20

Mortar and Pestle

Back 20

is often used to prepare reactants for a solid state synthesis (the ceramic method)

Front 21

Petri Dish

Back 21

a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms

Front 22

Pipette

Back 22

used to transport a measured volume of liquid

Front 23

Rubber or Cork Stopper

Back 23

used to cover flasks so that the oxygen or any mixture will not get out of the container.

Front 24

Safety Goggles

Back 24

used to protect eyes from toxic gases and sharp objects

Front 25

Scalpel

Back 25

is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for dissection

Front 26

Scoopula/Spatula

Back 26

a small implement with a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix, spread and lift material

Front 27

Stirring Rod

Back 27

used to mix chemicals and liquids for laboratory purposes

Front 28

Test Tube

Back 28

used to heat, hold and mix small quantities of liquid or solid chemicals during experiments

Front 29

Test Tube Brush

Back 29

used for cleaning test tubes and narrow mouth laboratory glassware, such as beakers and flasks

Front 30

Test Tube Rack

Back 30

used to hold and transport test tubes during experiments or while examining cultures

Front 31

Test Tube Tongs

Back 31

used to hold hot test tube

Front 32

Thermomter

Back 32

used to measure temperature in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Front 33

Triple Beam Balance

Back 33

used to measure mass in grams

Front 34

Wash Bottle

Back 34

used to rinse various pieces of laboratory glassware, such as test tubes and round bottom flasks

Front 35

Weighing Boat

Back 35

used for weighing samples

Front 36

Wire Gauze

Back 36

use is to be placed on the support ring that is attached to the ring stand between the Bunsen burner and the beakers to support the beakers or other glassware or flasks during heating