CLINICAL LABORATORY Supplies Flashcards
what are the types of glassware
- High Thermal Resistant Glass
- High Silica Glass (COREX)
- High Alkali-Resistant Glass
- Low Actinic Glass
- Standard Flint Glass or Soda
Lime Glass
Most common Resistant Borosilicate
–Beakers–Flasks–Pipettes
Usual brand that may encounter in high thermal resistant glass is
Kimax and Pyrex
This has high resistance to thermal shock and chemical
attack
High Thermal Resistant Glass
*They also have heavy walls to minimize breakage and is
used for making most of beakers, flask and pipette
High Thermal Resistant Glass
*Can be heated and autoclave
High Thermal Resistant Glass
Made by removing all elements from borosilicate glass
but 6 times stronger than borosilicate glass
High Silica Glass (COREX)–Made by rem
Has good optical qualities, temperature capabilities and
is radiation-resistant
High Silica Glass (COREX)
Used for high precision analytical work and for optical
reflectors and mirrors
High Silica Glass (COREX)
Not used for the type of glassware generally used in the
laboratory
High Silica Glass (COREX)
Partially used for strong alkaline solutions
High Alkali-Resistant Glass
–Often referred to as “soft glass” as its thermal
resistance is much less than of borosilicate glass
High Alkali-Resistant Glass
used primarily whenever digestion with strong alkali is made
High Alkali-Resistant Glass
they are poor in heat resistance therefore it is
not autoclavable
High Alkali-Resistant Glass
Has materials that usually impart red color to the
glass that reduce the amount of light passing
through substance inside the glassware
Low Actinic Glass
Provides protection to reagents highly sensitive
to light ranging from 3,000 –5,000 Angstrom(A)
Low Actinic Glass–Has materials that
Used for substances that are particularly
sensitive to light such as bilirubin or Vitamin A
Low Actinic Glass
Used for the manufacture of
weighing bottles because it
develops less static surface
changes
Standard Flint Glass or Soda
Lime Glass
Composed of a mixture of the
oxides, Calcium and silicon
Standard Flint Glass or Soda
Lime Glass
list the special glasses
*1. Colored and Opal Glasses
*2. Coated Glasses
*3. Optical Glasses
*4. Glass Ceramics (Pyroceram)
*5. Radiation –Absorbing Glasses
a special glass Used in light fitters, lamp bulbs and lightning lenses
Colored and Opal Glasses
a special glass that Have thin metallic oxide permanently fine bonded to the surface
of the glass
Coated Glass
a special glass that –Have electronic applications as heat shield to protect against
infrared light
. Coated Glasses
a special glass that is –Mostly soda –lime, lead and borosilicate of high optical purity–Used in making prisms, lenses and optical
Optical Glass
a special glass that –Have high thermal resistance, chemical stability and corrosion
resistance like borosilicate glasses–Useful in hot plates, table tops and heat exchanges
Glass Ceramics (Pyroceram)
a special glass that is –Made of soda-lime and lead–Useful in preventing transmission of huge energy radiation as gamma
rays and X-rays
Radiation –Absorbing Glass
Beginning to replace glassware in the laboratory setting
Plastic wares
Its unique high resistance to corrosion and breakage as
well as its varying flexibility, had made it most appealing
Plastic wares
Its relatively expensive, allowing for most items to be
completely disposable after each use
Plastic wares
a plastic ware
Unique group of resins with relatively inert properties
Polyolefins
a plastic ware that is Unaffected by acids, alkalis, salt solutions and aqueous solutions
Polyolefins
a plastic ware that can be autoclaved
Polyolefins
2 types of Polyolefins
Polypropylene and Polyethylene
a type of polyolefins that is More vulnerable to attack by oxidizing agents
Polypropylene
a type of polyolefins that can withstand higher temperatures
Polypropylene
–Both polypropylene and polyethylene are used primarily to _____
are used primarily to fabricate bottles, beakers,
jars jugs, funnels pipette jars, pipette baskets, tanks, burette
covers, check valves, disconnect valves, twistcock connectors,
needle valves, hollow stoppers, dropping pipettes, hydrometer
jars, stirring rods, tubings and reagent dispensers
a special glass that is Twice as strong as polypropylene and may be used at temperatures ranging
100C to 160C
Polycarbonate resin
a special glass we can use at temp ranging 100* to 160* celcius
Polycarbonate resin
a special glass that is Unsuitable for use with bases such as amines, ammonia, alkalis, and
oxidizing agents
Polycarbonate resin
a special glass that can be Dissolved by chlorinated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon
Polycarbonate resin
a special glass that is –Insoluble in aliphatic hydrocarbon, some alcohols and dilute aqueous
solutions and Salts
Polycarbonate resin
a special glass that is Used extensively in centrifuge tubes and graduated cylinder
Polycarbonate resin
a special glass that is Non-toxic, clear plastic of modified plasticized polyvinyl chloride
Tygon
a special glass that is Can be used to handle most chemicals but should not be
subjected to prolonged immersion in aliphatic or aromatic
hydrocarbons, ketones and esters
tygon
a special glass that is –Flexible at 30C, brittle at 45C and resists dry heat to 95C
Tygon
a special glass that can be steamed, autoclaved, and resists dry heat to 95*C
tygon
a special glass that is can be Used for the manufacture of tubing (i.e, tubing used in
Automated Analyzers)
tygon
a special glass that is Pure translucent white and inert to corrosive reagents boiling
aguaregia, nitric and sulphuricacids, boiling hydrocarbons,
ketones, esters and alcohols
Teflon-Fluorocarbon Resin
a special glass that Can resist extreme temperatures ranging from 270C to 255C, used
in cryogenic experiments or work temperatures over extended
periods
Teflon-Fluorocarbon Resin
a special glass Used for self-lubricating stopcocks, stirring bars, bottle cap liners
and tubing because of its anti-adhesive properties
Teflon-Fluorocarbon Resin
3 characteristics/category of laboratory equipments
- design
- draining characteristics
- type
what is under the I. Design
- to contain and to delivr
what is under the II. Draining characteristics
blow out and self-draining
what s under the type category
measuring or graduated and transfer
what are the 2 drainage characteristic of a pipette
blow out and self draining
what is under the measuring or graduated pipettes
–1.Serologic–
2.Mohr–
3.Bacteriologic–
4.Ball, Kolmeror Kahn–
5.Micropipet
what is under the transfer pipette
–1.Volumetric–
2.Ostwald-Folin–
3.Pastuer pipets–
4.Automatic macropipets or micropipets
Holdsa particular volume but does not dispense
that exact volume
TC (To Contain) Pipette
a type o pipette according to calibration
–Calibrated by introducing the exact weight of
mercury required to give the desired volume
at specific temperature
to contain pipette
Mercury does not wet glass and pipette
calibrated this way will contain but not
deliver the started volume
TC (To Contain) Pipette
Types of Pipette According to Calibration
Dispense the indicated volume
TD (To Deliver) Pipet