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    This document provides information about common lab equipment, including pictures and descriptions of their uses. It describes over 20 pieces of equipment such as beakers, evaporating dishes, bottles, bunsen burners, burets, crucibles, funnels, mortar and pestles, pipets, ring stands, test tube racks, stir rods, thermometers, stoppers, tongs, test tube brushes, triangles, test tube holders, volumetric flasks, watch glasses, and more. Each item is briefly explained in terms of its function and purpose within a science lab.

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    This document provides information about common lab equipment, including pictures and descriptions of their uses. It describes over 20 pieces of equipment such as beakers, evaporating dishes, bottles, bunsen burners, burets, crucibles, funnels, mortar and pestles, pipets, ring stands, test tube racks, stir rods, thermometers, stoppers, tongs, test tube brushes, triangles, test tube holders, volumetric flasks, watch glasses, and more. Each item is briefly explained in terms of its function and purpose within a science lab.

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    This document provides information about common lab equipment, including pictures and descriptions of their uses. It describes over 20 pieces of equipment such as beakers, evaporating dishes, bottles, bunsen burners, burets, crucibles, funnels, mortar and pestles, pipets, ring stands, test tube racks, stir rods, thermometers, stoppers, tongs, test tube brushes, triangles, test tube holders, volumetric flasks, watch glasses, and more. Each item is briefly explained in terms of its function and purpose within a science lab.

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    This document provides information about common lab equipment, including pictures and descriptions of their uses. It describes over 20 pieces of equipment such as beakers, evaporating dishes, bottles, bunsen burners, burets, crucibles, funnels, mortar and pestles, pipets, ring stands, test tube racks, stir rods, thermometers, stoppers, tongs, test tube brushes, triangles, test tube holders, volumetric flasks, watch glasses, and more. Each item is briefly explained in terms of its function and purpose within a science lab.

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    Lab Equipment Lab equipment is an important part of chemistry and science in general.

    In this page you will learn about lab equipment and its uses.

    Name

    Description

    Picture

    Name

    Description

    Picture

    Beaker

    Used to hold and heat liquids. Multipurpose and essential in the lab.

    Evaporating Dish

    The Evaporating Dish is used to heat and evaporate liquids.

    Bottle

    Bottles can be ued for storage, for mixing and for displaying.

    The Florence Flask is used for heating subtances that need to be heated evenly. The bulbed bottom allows Florence Flask the heat to distribute through the liquid more evenly. The Florence Flask is mostly used in distillation experiments. Food Coloring is used in many experiments to show Food Coloring color change and to make the experiment more exciting. The Funnel is a piece of eqipment that is used in the lab but is not confined to the lab. The funnel can be used to target liguids into any container so they will not be lost or spilled. The Microspatula, commonly called a spatula, is used for moving small amounts of solid from place to place.

    Bunsen Burner

    Bunsen burners are used for heating and exposing items to flame. They have many more uses than a hot plate, but do not replace a hot plate.

    Buret

    The buret is used in titrations to measure precisely how much liquid is used.

    Funnel

    Crucible

    Crucibles are used to heat small quantities to very high temperatures.

    Microspatula

    The Erlenmeyer Flask is used to heat and store liquids. The advantage to the Erlenmeyer Flask is that Erlenmeyer the bottom is wider than the Flask top so it will heat quicker because of the greater surface area exposed to the heat. The pipet is used for moving small amounts of liquid from place to place. They are usually made of plastic and are disposable

    Mortar and Pestle

    The Mortar and Pestle are used to crush solids into powders for experiments, usually to better dissolve the solids.

    Pipet

    Paper Towels

    Paper Towels are essential to the lab environment. They will be used in almost every lab.

    Ring stands are used to hold items being heated. Clamps or rings can be used so that Ring Stand items may be placed above the lab table for heating by bunsen burners or other items.

    The testtube rack is used to hold testtubes while Test tube Rack reactions happen in them or while they are not needed.

    Stir Rod

    The stir rods are used to stir things. They are usually made of glass. Stir Rods are very useful in the lab setting.

    Thermometer

    The thermometer is used to take temperature of solids, liquids, and gases. They are usually in oC, but can also be in oF

    Stopper

    Stoppers come in many different sizes. The sizes are from 0 to 8. Stoppers can have holes for thermometers and for other probes that may be used.

    Tongs

    Tongs are used to hold many different things such as flasks, crucibles, and evaporating dishes when they are hot.

    Test tube Brush

    The test tube brush is used to easily clean the inside of a test tube.

    Triangle

    The triangle is used to hold crucibles when they are being heated. They usually sit on a ring stand

    Test tube Holder

    The holder is used to hold test tubes when they are hot and untouchable.

    Volumetric Flask

    The Volumetric flask is used to measure one specific volume. They are mostly used in mixing solutions where a one liter or one half a liter is needed.

    Watch Glass

    The watch glass is used to hold solids when being weighed or transported. They should never be heated.

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