Lab Equipment

Question 1

Beaker

Answer 1

Holds solids and liquids that will not release gasses when reacted or are unlikely to splash when stirred or heated

Question 2

Erlenmeyer Flask

Answer 2

holds solids and liquids that may release gases during a reaction or are likely to splatter if stirred

Question 3

Florence Flask

Answer 3

Rarely used in the first year of chem
used for mixing chemicals

Question 4

Graduated Cylinder

Answer 4

Used to measure volumes of liquid

Question 5

Gas Collecting Bottle

Answer 5

used when large volumes of gases are produced and must be collected by the displacement of water

Question 6

Test tube holder

Answer 6

used to pick up test tubes when to hot to handle

Question 7

Test Tube racks

Answer 7

used to hold and organize test tubes on the lab counter
plastic ones may melt if test tubes too hot

Question 8

Rubber Stoppers

Answer 8

used to close containers to avoid spillage or contamination
( container should never be heated when using these)

Question 9

Spot Plates

Answer 9

used when we want to perform many small scale reactions at one time

Question 10

Watch Glass

Answer 10

used to hold small amounts of liquid, such as product of a reaction

Question 11

Glass Stir rod

Answer 11

used to manually stir solutions
also used to transfer a single drop of solution

Question 12

Medicine Dropper

Answer 12

used to transfer a small volume of liquid

Question 13

Litmus Paper

Answer 13

Red: used to identify bases

Blue: used to identify acid

Question 14

Forceps

Answer 14

Used to pick up small items

Question 15

Funnel

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Mohr Pipet

Answer 16

measures and delivers exact volumes of liquids

Question 17

Wash Bottle

Answer 17

used to deliver a solution to a specific area
Distilled water is the only liquid that can be used in a wash bottle

Question 18

Weighing Boat

Answer 18

used to weigh solids that will be transferred to another vessel

Question 19

Spatulas

Answer 19

used to dispense solid chemicals from their containers
(never transfer by hand )

Question 20

Beaker Tongs

Answer 20

used to move beakers containing hot liquid

Question 21

Bunsen Burner

Answer 21

used for the heating of nonvolatile liquids and solids

Question 22

Evaporating Dish

Answer 22

used for the heating of stable solid compounds and elements

Question 23

Crucible

Answer 23

used for heating certian solids particularly metals to very high temp

Question 24

Clay triangle

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Crucible Tongs

Answer 25

for handling hot crucibles

Question 26

Glass Plates

Answer 26

Provides a surface scale experiments such as drop reactions and testing of acids and bases

Question 27

Triangular File

Answer 27

used primarily to cut glass rod

Question 28

Ringstands and components

Answer 28

safe and convenient way t perform reactions that require heating using a bunsen burner

Question 29

Iron rings ( component )

Answer 29

connect to a ringstand and provide a stable elevated platform for their reaction

Question 30

Utility ( component )

Answer 30

used to secure test tube, distillation columns and burets to the ringstand

Question 31

Double Buret Clamps ( component )

Answer 31

used to buret long graduated tubes used in titration

Question 32

Wire Gauze ( component )

Answer 32

Sits on iron ring to provide place to stand a beaker

Question 33

Pressed Fiber

Answer 33

4 by 4 square of ceramic fiber it provides a surface for hot beakers that shouldn’t come in contact with cold counter tops

Question 34

striker

Answer 34

used to light bunsen burners