LABORATORY APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT Flashcards
A pipette with its volume, in increments, marked along a tube. It is made from plastic and has a tapered tip.
Graduated pipette
Accurately measure and transfer a volume of liquid from one container.
Graduated pipette
A long, graduated glass tube with a stopcock at its lower end and a tapered capillary tube at the stopcock’s outlet
Burette
Used in quantitative chemical analysis to measure and deliver known volumes of a liquid, especially for titrations
Burette
A type of balance in which the measuring pan is inside a transparent enclosure with doors.
Analytical balance
Designed to measure small mass in the sub-milligram range
Analytical balance
A graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid
Laboratory thermometer
Used for measuring temperatures other than the human body temperature
Laboratory thermometer
Also known as measuring cylinder or mixing cylinder
Graduated cylinder
A finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top and closed at the bottom.
Test tube
A cylindrical container with a flat bottom and has a small spout to aid pouring.
Beaker
A laboratory flask calibrated to contain a precise volume at certain temperature
Volumetric/Graduated flask
A laboratory flask which features a flat bottom, a conical body, and cylindrical neck.
Erlenmeyer/Conical flask
A laboratory flask with a round body, a long neck, and often a flat bottom.
Florence flask
Designed for uniform heating, boiling, distillation, and ease of swirling.
Florence flask
Used for precise dilutions and preparation of standard solutions
Volumetric/Graduated flask
Containers made of glass, plastic, borosilicate, or related substances and topped by special caps or stoppers.
Reagents bottle
Intended to contain chemicals in liquid or powder form for laboratories and stored in cabinets or shelves.
Reagents bottle
Small glass or plastic vessels or bottles
Vials
Used to contain or store small amounts of chemical substances
Vials
A squeeze bottle with a nozzle which is sealed with a screw-top lid
Wash bottle
Used to rinse various pieces of laboratory glassware or other apparatus
Wash bottle