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LABWARE
Labware are the most
common utensils and appliances that you need while performing hands-on
activities in a laboratory. The utensils and apparatus depends upon the type of
laboratory you are in and the experiment you are going to perform. Labware
guides and charts can be downloaded from the
RESOURCES page. The most
common apparatus and utensils used in a lab are:
Balances - to measure the mass of
a reagent or product
Beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks - to
contain reactions or to hold liquid samples
Bunsen burners, hot plates, hot
water baths - heat sources
Burettes - for adding a precise
volume of a liquid
Clamp stands - to support a piece
of equipment or a part of it that is otherwise unstable
Desiccators - to preserve a
substance in a moisture-free environment
Droppers - for adding a very
small amount of liquid, drop by drop
Fume hoods - to ventilate harmful
gases
Funnels - for funneling or for
filtering
Graduated cylinders - to measure
an amount of liquid
Kipp's apparatus - to produce a
reagent gas (e.g. H2S) in a controlled manner
Pipettes - to dispense small and
precise amount of liquid samples
Spectrophotometers - to measure
the absorbance and transmittance of a liquid sample
Test tube holders, tongs - for
holding test tubes and beakers that should not or cannot be touched.
Test tube stands - for keeping a
few test tubes upright
Test tubes - for holding small
samples or for containing small-scale reactions.
Volumetric flasks - to make
precise dilutions
Wash bottles - for dispensing
small quantities of distilled water
Watch glasses - a cover for
beakers; sometimes used as an evaporating dish
Wire gauges
, clay triangles - to support a container while it is heating
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