Common Laboratory Equipment

Below are images of common laboratory equipment you’ll be using this semester. For each image, identify the correct name of the equipment and describe its function in your own words. This list doesn’t include every tool you’ll encounter, so feel free to keep adding to it as we use new equipment throughout the course.

 

Shows a beaker.
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Shows a glass stirring rod.
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Shows various sizes of graduated cylinders.
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Graduated Cylinders
Shows an Erlenmeyer flask.
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Shows a spatula.
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Shows beaker tongs.
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Crucible Tongs
Shows test tubes with test tube rack.
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Shows a striker.
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Laboratory Fire Striker
Shows a clay triangle.
Mike V. UCE, CC BY-SA 4.0
Porcelain Triangle
Shows a disposable weighing boat/tray.
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Disposable Weighing Boat
Shows various sizes of watch glasses.
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Watch Glass
Shows a lit Bunsen burner.
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Shows a pipette.
Anisa Ghogar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pipette
Shows an analytical balance.
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Shows a ring stand with ring.
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Shows a test tube clamp.
Stainless Test Tube Clamp Carol Stallworth CCBYNC
Shows a glass funnel.
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  • Anisa Ghogar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Pipette
  • Carol Stallworth, CC BY-NC, Stainless Test Tube Clamp
  • Lilly_M, CC BY-SA 3.0, Crucible Tongs
  • Lilly_M, CC BY-SA 3.0, Disposable Weighing Boat
  • Lilly_M, CC BY-SA 3.0, Graduated Cylinders
  • Lilly_M, CC BY-SA 3.0, Laboratory Fire Striker
  • Mike V. UCE, CC BY-SA 4.0, Porcelain Triangle
  • ZumaiaHE10, CC BY-SA 4.0, Watch Glass

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