Lab Equipment

Question 0

Erlenmeyer Flask

Answer 0

Holds liquids that DO react to gas or are likely to splatter.

Question 1

Beaker

Answer 1

Holds liquids that DO NOT release gas when reacted or are unlikely to splatter or combust when stirred/heated.

Question 2

Florence Flask

Answer 2

Not used much in first year chemistry. Used to mix chemicals. Narrow neck prevents splash.

Question 3

Graduated Cylinder

Answer 3

Used to measure liquids. Mm

Question 4

Gas Collecting Bottles

Answer 4

Used when lots of gas is produced. MUST be collected by the displacement of water.

Question 5

Test Tubes (3)

Answer 5

Ignition Tube (largest), 13x100mm tubes (normal tubes), 10x75mm tubes (small tubes)

Question 6

Test Tube Holder

Answer 6

Good for handling hot test tubes.

Question 7

Test Tube Brushes

Answer 7

Used to clean grad cylinders and normal tubes. Don’t force into small tubes, could break them.

Question 8

Test Tube Racks

Answer 8

Hold test tubes. Plastic holders can melt due to hot tubes.

Question 9

Rubber Stoppers

Answer 9

Plugs containers that are contaminated. Don’t heat containers with stoppers in them.

Question 10

Spot Plates

Answer 10

Used for watching many small scale reactions at a time.

Question 11

Watch Glass

Answer 11

Used to hold a small amount of a solid, like a product of a reaction.

Question 12

Glass Rod

Answer 12

Used to stir solution and drop liquids.

Question 13

Medicine dropper

Answer 13

Used for moving tiny volumes liquid. (Less than a mL) rubber bulb at the top

Question 14

Litmus Paper. Red then Blue

Answer 14

Used for ph testing. Red is for bases, Blue is for acids

Question 15

Forceps (tweezers)

Answer 15

Used to pick up small things.

Question 16

Funnel

Answer 16

Helps move liquid.

Question 17

Mohr Pipet

Answer 17

Measures/Delivers exact volumes of liquid.

Question 18

Wash Bottle

Answer 18

Squirts water, should only be distilled water.

Question 19

Weighing boat

Answer 19

Weighs solids that will be moved to different places.

Question 20

Spatulas

Answer 20

Removes chemicals from containers. DO NOT use your hands.

Question 21

Scoopula

Answer 21

Used to physically remove chemicals from their containers.

Question 22

Beaker Tongs

Answer 22

Moves Beakers that are hot.

Question 23

Bunsen Burner

Answer 23

Used to heat liquids/solids.

Question 24

Evaporating Dish

Answer 24

Used for heating stable solid compounds and elements.

Question 25

Crucible

Answer 25

Used to heat solids, mostly metals, to high temperatures.

Question 26

Clay Triangle

Answer 26

Support for porcelain crucibles.

Question 27

Crucible Tongs

Answer 27

Used for picking up crucibles and other hot objects, not beakers.

Question 28

Glass Plates

Answer 28

Used as a surface for semi-micro labs: testing bases and acids, drop reactions.

Question 29

Triangular File

Answer 29

Cuts glass rods.

Question 30

Ringstands

Answer 30

Helps safely hoist reactions over the Bunsen Burner.

Question 31

Iron Rings (Ring Stand)

Answer 31

Connected to the ring stand, allows safe reactions.

Question 32

Utility Clamps (ring stand)

Answer 32

Secures test tubes, distillation columns, and burets to the stand.

Question 33

Double Buret Clamps (ring stand)

Answer 33

Attaches graduated cylinder tubes to ring stand.

Question 34

Wire Gauze

Answer 34

On the iron ring to provide place for the beaker.

Question 35

Pressed Fiber Pad

Answer 35

Provides a surface for the beaker so it doesn’t shatter due to hot temp to cold temp.

Question 36

Strikers

Answer 36

Lights the Bunsen Burner. Flints are expensive.