Laboratory Apparatuses Flashcards
Chemicals used in Analysis
AR (Analytic Reagent) ACS (American Chemistry Society) Grades: HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) and AAS (atomic absorption spectrophotometry)
Chemicals used in Manufacturing Industries
Extract, Purify, Prepare. These are the lowest forms of chemicals and are unused in.
Chemicals used in Drug Prep
USP - United States Pharmacopia
NF - National Foundry
Pure, used in tissue culture. Solvent for std. Also used in ultra-microanalysis. Resistility is 10
Type 1 RGW
Used for Clinical analysis. Fitted for quantitative analysis. Resistility is 2
Type 2 RGW
Fitted for qualitative analysis and washing glasswares
Type 3 RGW
Used to boil. Common brands are pyrex and kymax
Borosilicate
CoCo - Container Corex. Used as containers for strong solutions such as alkalines. Strengthened chemically. Common brands are Corex and Vycor. They are also scratch free.
Alumina Silicate
Usually color red To prevent degradation of photosensitive chemicals like bilirubin stds. (Also used in carotene, and vitamin A tests)
Low Actinic Glassware
Glassware that is laboratory grade
Class A
Common washing solution for routine washing.
acid dichromate soln.
Common washing solution for virus lab
1:10 dilution of 5% Clorox
Common washing solution for bacteriology lab
2-4% Cresol solution
This pipet has builbs and only one graduation
Volumetric or Transfer pipet
The bulb in this pipet is located near the delivery tip
Ostwald-Folin
Does not contain bulbs but has several graduations
Graduated or measuring pipets
Has etched rings or frosted brands / tips
TBO (To blow out)
Different types of plasticwares (4)
Polyoferin
Teflon
Polycarbonate
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
This desiccant absorbs moisture without limit
Deligrescent
This desiccant absorbs water with limit. Contains Mg2P2O7
Hygrescopic
Calibrates weight. Similar weight depression.
Class M
Calibrates a balance.
Class S
Weight analysis
Class P
Primary Std.
Class S
Secondary Std.
Class J
