Lab Safety

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Wire Gauze

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Used to support a container (such as a beaker or flask) during heating.

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Glass Stirring Rod

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Used to stir solutions or mixtures. Mixing will speed up any reaction that takes place in the test tube or flask.

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Apron

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A protective or decorative garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back

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Beaker

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A cylindrical flat-bottomed container used in laboratories, usuallymade of glass and having a pouring lip

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Buret

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Is a graduated tube of glassware that has a stopcock at its bottom end. It is used to dispense precise volumes of liquid reagents.

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Bunsen Burner

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Used in scientific laboratories for heating, sterilization, and many other uses.The device safely burns a continuous stream of a flammable gas such as natural gas (which is principally methane) or liquified petroleum gas such as propane, butane, or a mixture of both.

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Clay Triangle

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A piece of laboratory apparatus that is used to support items being heated by a Bunsen burner or other heat source.

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Ceramic Square

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Used under hot apparatus or glassware

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Gooch Crucible w/Lid

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A ceramic crucible with a perforated base; in analysis it is used for filtration through asbestos or glass.

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Tongs

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Large pincers for grasping and lifting vessels of heat-resistant material used in high temperature chemical reactions.

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Dropper or Pipette

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A narrow, usually calibrated glass tube into which small amounts of liquid are suctioned for transfer or measurement.

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Erlenmeyer Flask

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A flask having a wide base, narrow neck, and conical form, convenient in laboratory experimentation for swirling liquids by hand.

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Evaporating Dish

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A small ceramic dish in which liquids are heated over a flame so that they evaporate, leaving a solid residue.

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Florence Flask

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A round bottle with a flat bottom and a long neck used for science experiments.

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Funnel

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A cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.

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Graduated Cylinder

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A narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids.

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Mortar and Pestle

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A tool used to grind and mix substances, including chemicals in a laboratory and also food in the kitchen.

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Wash Bottle

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A bottle, typically plastic, with a nozzle for directing a stream of liquid on to something.

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Pneumatic Trough

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A piece of laboratory apparatus used for collecting gases, such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.

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Ring Stand

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A metal stand consisting of a long upright rod attached to a heavy rectangular base that is used with rings and clamps for supporting laboratory apparatus.

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Rubber or Cork Stoppers

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Used to close the tops of test tubes and flasks

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Rubber Hose

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Used to connect the Bunsen burner to a gas supply or a gas cock.

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Safety Goggles

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Protective eye-wear made of plastic or flexible rubberized material

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Triple Beam Balance

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Used in the laboratory to determine the mass (by weight comparison) of samples.

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Scoopula

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A spatula-like scoop utensil used primarily in chemistry lab settings to transfer solids: to a weigh paper for weighing, to a cover slip to measure melting point, or to a watch glass from a flask or beaker through scraping.

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Test Tube Cleaner Brush

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A device equipped with cutters or brushes used to clean tubes in heat transfer equipment.

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Test Tube Clamp

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Used to hold a test tube while heating it without getting burned.

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Test Tube Rack

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Used in a laboratory and it is used to hold/support test tubes containing chemicals waiting for further operations.

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Test Tube

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A clear, cylindrical glass tube usually open at oneend and rounded at the other, used in laboratory experimentation.

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Thermometer

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A device designed to measure temperature.

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Ring Stand

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An item of laboratory equipment which consists of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold or clamp laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that it does not fall down or come apart.

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Watch Glass

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A circular, slightly convex-concave piece of glass used in chemistry as a surface to evaporate a liquid, to hold solids while being weighed, or as a cover for a beaker.