Beakers

1
Volumetric flask
Material glass or plastic, various sizes
Use for making and storing solution. The score
on the neck indicates an accurate volume.
2
Funnel
Material glass or plastic Use Hold filter
paper for filtering solutions
3
Evaporating dish
Material porcelain Use to contain small
volumes of liquid being heated or evaporated.
May be heated.
4
Scoopula
Material Metal or metal with wood handle Use
to transfer solid chemicals
5
Test tube
Important Beware of hot glass. Use a test tube
holder when heating. Never point a test tube at
yourself or other when heating.
Material glass, various sizes Use reaction
vessel, may be heated
6
Thermometer
Important Never use as a stirring rod
Material alcohol (red) or mercury in glass (not
likely), common range -10C to 110C Use to
measure temperature
7
Clay triangle
Material wire frame with porcelain supports Use
used to support a crucible
8
Test tube brush
Material bristle with wire handle, various sizes
Use to scrub small diameter glassware
9
Glass or plastic with stopper and stopcock Used
to separate solutions of different phases
Separatory Funnel
Metal rod fixed upright in a heavy metal
base Used to support a variety of clamps
10
Pipet Safety Bulb
Important Never pipet by mouth
Material rubber Use to fill a pipet with
solution
11
Erlenmeyer flask
Material glass, various sizes Use may be
heated, useful for swirling solutions, used in
traditional titrations
12
Beaker
Important Beware of hot glass, use tongs
Material glass or plastic, various sizes Use
for holding solutions or dry chemicals, not for
measuring, only gives approximate volume
13
Crucible and cover
Important Use tongs with hot crucibles
Material porcelain Use to heat small amounts of
solid substance at high temperatures
14
Bunsen burner and burner tubing
Material metal, connected to gas supply with
burner tubing
Use to heat chemicals (dry or in solution) in
beakers, test tubes, flasks and crucibles
15
Pipet
Important Never pipet by mouth
Material glass or plastic, graduated, various
sizes Use to measure solution volumes, less
accurate than a volumetric pipet
16
Beaker(s)
17
Watch glass
Material glass Use to cover an evaporating dish
or beaker
18
Electronic Balance
Important Easily broken by placing too much mass
on the pan
Use to mass less than 200 grams of a substance
19
Safety Goggles
Material plastic, splash resistant Use to be
worn at all times during labs in which chemicals,
heat or glassware is used.
20
Test tube clamp or test tube holder
Material metal spring mechanism Use to hold
test tubes or glass tubing
21
Crucible tongs
Important beware of hot porcelain or glassware
Material iron, nickel or brass Use to pick up
and hold small usually very hot items
22
Mortar and Pestle
Material porcelain Use to grind crystals and
lumpy chemicals to a powder
23
Graduated cylinder or graduate
Important Never heat
Material glass or plastic, various sizes Use to
measure approximate volumes
24
Material glass with stopcock, graduated, VERY
EXPENSIVE Use to measure volumes of solution in
titrations
Buret
Double buret clamp
Material metal or plastic Use to support burets
on a ring stand
Stopcock
25
Beaker tongs
Material metal with or without rubber coated
tips Use to move hot beakers and glassware
26
Material glass with stopcock, graduated, VERY
EXPENSIVE Use to measure volumes of solution in
titrations
Buret
Double buret clamp
Material metal or plastic Use to support burets
on a ring stand
Stopcock
27
Utility clamp
Material metal, with or without coated ends Use
to support equipment on a ring stand, this one
would need a clamp holder as well
28
Ring clamp - one piece
29
Wire gauze or wire mesh
Material metal mesh, may have ceramic
center Use to spread the heat of a burner flame
30
Stirring Rod
Material solid glass or plastic Use to stir
solutions
31
Striker
Material metal with flint Use to create a spark
to light gas burners
32
96-well spot plate
Material plastic Use in place of test tubes in
microchemistry
33
Beral pipet - thin stem
Material plastic Use to dispense and store
small quantities of solution
34
Wash bottle
Material flexible plastic Use hold vertically
and squeeze sides to dispense water, typically
deionized water only
35
Test tube rack
Material wood, plastic or metal Use holds test
tubes in a vertical position
36
Filter Paper
Material paper circles, various sizes Use
folded in quarters, used in funnels to filter
solutions
37
Weighing Trays or Weigh Boats
Material Flexible plastic in various sizes Use
to keep chemicals off the balance pan.
38
24-well spot plate
Material plastic, may have cover Use reaction
vessels for small quantities of solution
39
Transfer Pipet
Material plastic Use to dispense and transfer
small volumes of solution
40
Material metal with porcelain top
Hot Plate
Use to heat substances when a burner is not
necessary or safe. Sometimes may have a magnetic
stirrer as well.