lab equipment

Question 1

beaker

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Erlenmeyer Flask

Answer 2

hold liquids that may release gases during a reaction or that are likely to splatter if they are stirred or heated

Question 3

florence Flask

Answer 3

used for mixing chemicals, neck pervents splash

Question 4

graduated cylinder

Answer 4

used to measure volumes of liquids

Question 5

test tudes

Answer 5

small glasses used to store or heat a small amount of chdmical substances

Question 6

gas collecting bottle

Answer 6

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

Question 7

test tube holder

Answer 7

useful when holding a hot test tube

Question 8

test tube brushes

Answer 8

used to clean test tubes

Question 9

test tube racks

Answer 9

test tube racks are used for holding and organizing test tubes

Question 10

rubber stoppers

Answer 10

used to close containers to adviod spillage or contamination

Question 11

spot plates

Answer 11

used when we want to perform small scale reactions at 1 time

Question 12

watch glass

Answer 12

used to hold a small amount of solid

Question 13

medicine dropper

Answer 13

used to transfer a small volume of liquid

Question 14

litmus paper

Answer 14

red: litmus paper is used to identify bases
blue: used to identify acids

Question 15

glass stir rod

Answer 15

used to stir solutions, used to transfer a drop of a solution

Question 16

forceps

Answer 16

used to pick up small objects

Question 17

funnel

Answer 17

used to help aid the transfer of one liquid from a vessel to another

Question 18

mohr pipet

Answer 18

measures and delivers exact volumes of liquids

Question 19

wash bottle

Answer 19

has a spout that delivers a wash solution to a certain area

Question 20

weighing boat

Answer 20

used to weigh solids that will be transferred to another vessel

Question 21

spatulas

Answer 21

Used to dispense solid chemicals from their containers

Question 22

beaker tongs

Answer 22

used to move beakers with hot liquids

Question 23

bunsen burner

Answer 23

used for the heating of nonvolatile liquids and solids

Question 24

evaporating dish

Answer 24

used for the heating of stable solid compounds and elements.

Question 25

crucible

Answer 25

used for heating certain solids, mostly metals to high ttemperatures

Question 26

clay triangle

Answer 26

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

Question 27

crucible tongs

Answer 27

used for hot crucibles, not for picking up beakers

Question 28

glass plates

Answer 28

provide a surface for semi-micro scale experiments, such as drop reactions and testing acids and bases

Question 29

triangle file

Answer 29

used to cut glass rod

Question 30

ringstands and their componets

Answer 30

way to perform reactions that require heating from a bunsen burner

Question 31

iron rings

Answer 31

connect to a singstand, create a platform

Question 32

utility clamps

Answer 32

used to secure test tubes

Question 33

double bruet clamps

Answer 33

used to burets, long graduated tubes used in titration

Question 34

wire gauze

Answer 34

provides a place to stand a beaker