Chemistry Equipment

Question 1

Beaker

Answer 1

hold solids of liquids that will not release gases when reacted or are unlikely to splatter if stirred or heated.

Question 2

Erlenmeyer Flask

Answer 2

hold solids or liquids that may release gases during a reaction

Question 3

Florence Flask

Answer 3

used for mixing chemicals, narrow neck prevents splash exposure.

Question 4

Graduated Cylinder

Answer 4

used to measure volumes of liquids

Question 5

Gas collecting bottle

Answer 5

used when large volumes of gases are produced, must be collected by the displacment of water.

Question 6

Test tube holder

Answer 6

holds hot test tubes

Question 7

Test Tube brushes

Answer 7

clean test tubes and grduated cylinders.

Question 8

Test Tube racks

Answer 8

holds and organizes test tubes.

Question 9

Rubber Stoppers

Answer 9

used to close containers to avoid spillage or contamination.

Question 10

Spot Plates

Answer 10

used when we want to preform many scale relations at one time.

Question 11

Watch Glass

Answer 11

used to hold a small amount of a solid

Question 12

Glass Stir Rod

Answer 12

used to manually stir solutions or transfer a single drop of one.

Question 13

Medicine Dropper

Answer 13

used to transfer a small volume of a liquid

Question 14

Litmus paper

Answer 14

RED-used to identify bases.
BLUE-used to identify acids.

Question 15

Forceps

Answer 15

used to pick up small objects

Question 16

Funnel

Answer 16

used to aid in the transfer of liquid from one vessel to another

Question 17

Mohr Pipet

Answer 17

measures and delivers exact volumes of liquids

Question 18

Wash Bottle

Answer 18

delivers wash solution to a specific area/ (only distilled water)

Question 19

Weighting Boat

Answer 19

used to weigh solids that will be transferred to another vessel.

Question 20

Spatulas

Answer 20

used to dispense solid chemicals

Question 21

Beaker tongs

Answer 21

used to move beakers with hot liquids

Question 22

Bunsen Burner

Answer 22

used for heating of nonvolatile liquids and solids.

Question 23

Evaporating Dish

Answer 23

used for heating of stable solid compounds and elements

Question 24

Crucible

Answer 24

used for heating certain solids, particularly metals to high temperatures.

Question 25

Clay Triangle

Answer 25

used as a support for porcelain crucibles when being heated over a bunsen burner.

Question 26

Crucible Tongs

Answer 26

handling hot crucibles and pther hot objects, Not beakers

Question 27

Glass Plates

Answer 27

provides a surface for semi-micro scale experiments.

Question 28

Triangular File

Answer 28

used to cut glass rod

Question 29

RIngstands

Answer 29

safe and convenient to preform reactions that require heating from a bunsen burner.

Question 30

Iron rings

Answer 30

connect to ringstand to provide a stable, elevated platform

Question 31

Utility Clamps

Answer 31

used to secure test tubes, distillation columns, and burets to the ringstand.

Question 32

Double Buret Clamps

Answer 32

used to burets-long graduates tubes used in titration.

Question 33

Wire Gauze

Answer 33

sit on iron ring to provide a place to stand a beaker.

Question 34

Pressed Fiber Pod

Answer 34

provides a surface for hot beakers so it doesn’t come in contact with a cold countertop.

Question 35

Strikers

Answer 35

used to light bunsen burners.