Lab Equipment

Question 1

Beaker

Answer 1

A cylindrical container used to store, mix, and heat liquids

Question 2

Erlenmeyer Flask

Answer 2

Holds solids or liquids that may release gases during a reaction or that are likely to splatter if stirred or heated.

Question 3

Graduated Cylinder

Answer 3

Used to measure volumes of liquids.

Question 4

Test tubes

Answer 4

Small glass tube used to store or heat a small amount of chemical substances

Question 5

Test tube brushes

Answer 5

Used to clean test tubes and graduated cylinders.

Question 6

Test tube racks

Answer 6

Holding and organizing test tubes on the laboratory counter.

Question 7

Watch glass

Answer 7

Used to hold a small amount of solid, such as the product of a reaction.

Question 8

Glass stir rod

Answer 8

Used to manually stir solutions and to transfer a single drop of a solution

Question 9

Forceps

Answer 9

Used to pick up small objects

Question 10

Funnel

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Wash bottle

Answer 11

Has a spout that delivers a wash solution to a specific area

Question 12

Weighting Boat

Answer 12

Used to weigh solids that will be transferred to another vessel

Question 13

Spatulas

Answer 13

Used to dispense solid chemicals from their containers

Question 14

Beaker Tongs

Answer 14

Used to move beakers containing hot liquids

Question 15

Bunsen Burner

Answer 15

Used for the heating of nonvolatile liquids and solids

Question 16

Evaporating Dish

Answer 16

Used for the heating of stable solid compounds and elements

Question 17

Spot glass

Answer 17

Used when we want to perform many small scale reaction at one time.

Question 18

Clay triangle

Answer 18

Used as a support for porcelain crucibles when being heated over a Bunsen burner.

Question 19

Crucible tongs

Answer 19

For handling hot crucible; also used to pick up other hot objects, NOT BEAKERS

Question 20

Ring stand

Answer 20

Safe and convenient way to perform reactions that require heating using a Bunsen Burner

Question 21

Iron ring

Answer 21

Connect to a ring stand and provide a stable, elevated platform for the reaction.

Question 22

Utility clamps

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Double buret clamps

Answer 23

Used to burets- long graduated tubes used in titration

Question 24

Wire gauze

Answer 24

sits on the iron ring to provide a place to stand a beaker

Question 25

Strikers

Answer 25

Used to light Bunsen burners