Common Lab Apparatus

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what is used to carry out scientific experiments?

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Laboratory equipment

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used to measure mass or weigh substances very precisely

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triple beam balance

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used to contain and measure liquids and come in different sizes

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beaker

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used to measure volume of liquids

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graduated cylinder

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used for mixing and storing chemicals and solutions

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Erlenmeyer Flask

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used for uniform heating, boiling, distillation and ease of swirling

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Florence Flask

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Used to transfer small quantities of liquid

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pasteur pipette or dropper

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used to measure volume of liquid or gas

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Buret or burette

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used to support Buret

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Buret holder

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used for scraping and transferring chemicals

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spatula and microspatula

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used for heating and combustion

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bunsen burner

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heat glassware and its contents

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hot plate

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used to support crucible during heating

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clay triangle

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used to evaporate excess solvents like water

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evaporating dish

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suppports iron ring when heating substances or mixtures in a flask or beaker

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iron stand

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used to hold laboratory glassware and other equipment in place

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iron ring

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used for the separation of fluids, gas or liquid based on density

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centrifuge

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used for mincing, grinding and mixing substances

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mortar and pestle

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used to separate immiscible liquids

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seperatory funnel

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measures temperature

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thermometer

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used for mixing chemicals and solutions

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stirring rod

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used to perform reaction on small quantity of chemicals

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spot plate

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used to hold multiple test tubes upright

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test tube rack

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used for melting point determination

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Thiele tube

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used for rinsing various pieces of lab glasswares

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wash bottle

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used to incubate samples at constant temperature over a period of time

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water bath

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used for collecting gases

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water trough

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A sheet of thin metal that is used to protect | the glassware during the heating process.

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wire gauze

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distillation set up

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distilling flask, a condenser and an adaptor

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chemical process used to separate liquids from nonvolatile solids

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distillation

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places where scientists and medical professionals | conduct studies or perform other work relevant to their fields.

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laboratory

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It is an instrument used to measure mass very precisely. The device has reading error of +/- 0.05 gram.

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triple beam balance

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class of balance designed to measure small mass in the sub milligram range

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Analytical balance

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A type of gas burner, commonly used in chemical laboratories, with which a very hot, practically nonluminous flame is obtained by allowing air to enter at the base and mix with the gas.

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Bunsen burner

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ability to heat the sample without | any exposed flames

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Hot plate

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A sheet of thin metal that is used to protect | the glassware during the heating process.

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Wire gauze

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Used as base to hold the wire gauze and any other container to be heated.

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Iron ring

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Used to hold the test tube, distilling flask, and other apparatus to be heated.

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Iron clamp

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Supports the iron ring and iron clamp during heating, distillation, and other extraction purposes.

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Iron ring

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Supports the crucible on an iron ring when heating.

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Clay triangle

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A tool used to hold hot materials | or apparatus.

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Crucible tong

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A heat resistant container with cover in | which ores or materials are melted.

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Crucible and cover

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A shallow heat resistant porcelain dish in | which a solution is heated and allowed to evaporate leaving a residue on its plate.

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Evaporating dish

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least accurate instrument for | measuring volume

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Beakers

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used to precisely measure the | volume of liquids

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Graduated cylinder

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Used to measure a single | predetermined volume.

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Volumetric flask

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used to measure approximate volumes, mixing, and sample storage

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Erlenmeyer flask

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used to measure a volume of liquid that is | being transferred to another container.

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Pipette

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Used in quantitative chemical analysis to measure the volume of a liquid or a gas.

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Burette

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Used to move a small amounts of liquid | from one place to another.

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Dropper

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Used for moving small amounts of | solid from one place to another

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Spatula

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Used to mix, store or heat small amount | of substances.

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Test tube

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

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Funnel

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What apparatus do we need in order to carry out the following steps in an experiment? Measure 200 ml of water and boil the water.

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Apparatus needed: ``` measuring cylinder beaker bunsen burner tripod wire gauze heat-proof mat ```

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Take out 10 drops of liquid A from bottle A and 10 drops of liquid B from bottle B. Mix A and B.

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Apparatus needed: | dropper and test tube

Question 56

Measure 5g of salt and 100ml of water. Dissolve the salt in water by mixing and stirring them.

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Apparatus needed: (electronic) balance measuring cylinder, beaker glass rod