This document lists and describes 30 pieces of common laboratory equipment used in biotechnology. It provides the name, function, and image of equipment such as a hot plate, micropipette, autoclave, water bath, compound light microscope, incubator, graduated cylinder, forceps, centrifuge, petri dish, pestle and mortar, beaker, balance, Bunsen burner, dropper pipettes, thermometers, goggles, beaker tongs, ring stand, laminar air flow chamber, fume hood, microcentrifuge tubes, electrophoresis chamber, distiller, test tubes, funnel, gloves, storage containers, lab coats, and face shields.
This document lists and describes 30 pieces of common laboratory equipment used in biotechnology. It provides the name, function, and image of equipment such as a hot plate, micropipette, autoclave, water bath, compound light microscope, incubator, graduated cylinder, forceps, centrifuge, petri dish, pestle and mortar, beaker, balance, Bunsen burner, dropper pipettes, thermometers, goggles, beaker tongs, ring stand, laminar air flow chamber, fume hood, microcentrifuge tubes, electrophoresis chamber, distiller, test tubes, funnel, gloves, storage containers, lab coats, and face shields.
This document lists and describes 30 pieces of common laboratory equipment used in biotechnology. It provides the name, function, and image of equipment such as a hot plate, micropipette, autoclave, water bath, compound light microscope, incubator, graduated cylinder, forceps, centrifuge, petri dish, pestle and mortar, beaker, balance, Bunsen burner, dropper pipettes, thermometers, goggles, beaker tongs, ring stand, laminar air flow chamber, fume hood, microcentrifuge tubes, electrophoresis chamber, distiller, test tubes, funnel, gloves, storage containers, lab coats, and face shields.
This document lists and describes 30 pieces of common laboratory equipment used in biotechnology. It provides the name, function, and image of equipment such as a hot plate, micropipette, autoclave, water bath, compound light microscope, incubator, graduated cylinder, forceps, centrifuge, petri dish, pestle and mortar, beaker, balance, Bunsen burner, dropper pipettes, thermometers, goggles, beaker tongs, ring stand, laminar air flow chamber, fume hood, microcentrifuge tubes, electrophoresis chamber, distiller, test tubes, funnel, gloves, storage containers, lab coats, and face shields.
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Biotechnology Hand-outs
30 Laboratory Equipment Used in Biotechnology
No. Equipment Name Function Image
1 Hot Plate An electrical device used to heat things up.
Used to measure exact amounts of small
2 Micropipette liquids.
A heated and pressurized container used to
3 Autoclave sterilize equipment and kill any living organisms left.
Heats items up to a specific temperature and
4 Water Bath keeps it at that temperature.
5 Compound Light An instrument used to see things
Microscope not visible to the naked eye.
An apparatus used to control the
environment to culture and grow bacteria and 6 Incubator hatching eggs artificially or to provide a stable environment for a reaction.
Graduated Used to measure liquid volume, very
7 Cylinder accurate.
They are used to grip objects that are too
8 Forceps small for your fingers or if they are extremely hot. An apparatus consisting essentially of a 9 Centrifuge compartment spun at high speeds to help separate liquids from solids.
Holds specimens for observation and growth
10 Petri Dish cultures.
11 Pestle and Mortar Used to crush and mix solids
12 Beaker Used to heat, stir, and measure liquids.
Electronic 13 Balance/Digital Used to measure small amounts of weight. Scale
A natural gas powered piece of equipment
14 Bunsen Burner that is used to heat, sterilization or combustion.
Used to measure small amounts of liquid for
15 Dropper Pipettes transfer.
16 Thermometers Used to measure temperature in F or C.
Used to protect eyes during laboratory
17 Goggles experiments, must be worn at all times. 18 Beaker Tongs Used to hold beakers that are extremely hot.
Used to hot beakers, and other items that are
19 Ring (Iron) Stand being heated.
Used to prevent contamination of
Laminar Air Flow 20 semiconductors wafers, biological samples, or Chamber any particle sensitive device.
A local ventilation unit used to limit exposure
21 Fume Hood to toxic fumes or dusts.
Microcentrifuge Used to hold small measures of liquids to be
22 Tubes used in a centrifuge.
Electrophoresis A chamber used in gel electrophoresis that
23 Chamber conducts an electrical current.
24 Distiller Used to mix or agitate solutions.
Used to hold, mix, heat small amounts of 25 Test Tube solids or liquids.
Used to channel liquids or fine-grained solids
26 Funnel without spillage.
Used to protect your hands during laboratory
27 Gloves experiments.
Used to hold and store chemicals and other
28 Storage Container solids or liquids. Should be labeled correctly.
Used to protect your clothing during
29 Lab Coat laboratory experiments from splashing chemicals and other solutions.