2. Lab Equipment

3. 1. Beakers

4. Proper Use Used for many purposes Can be heated Not used for accurate measuring

5. 2. Erlenmeyer Flask

6. Proper Use Used for storing and/or mixing liquids or solutions Can be heated Not used for accurate measuring

7. 3. Pipette

8. Proper Use Exact volume measurement with some types of pipettes Transferring liquids

9. 4. Test Tube

10. Proper Use Used to heat, mix, collect, store, etc. materials Used for experimentation

11. 5. Graduated Cylinder

12. Proper Use To make more accurate volume measurements

13. 6. Spring Scale

14. Proper Use To measure mass of an object To measure applied force

15. 7. Balance Scale (triple-beam)

16. Proper Use To measure mass of an object

17. 8. Microscope

18. Proper Use To observe extremely small specimens

19. 10. Test tube holder/clamp 9. Beaker Tongs

20. Proper Use 9. To hold/grasp a test tube 10. To hold/grasp a beaker

21. 11. Safety Goggles To protect your eyes when heating or mixing chemicals

22. 12. Bunsen Burner To heat objects in a laboratory experiment

23. 13. Test Tube Rack

24. Proper Use To hold test tubes during an experiment

25. To measure temperature 14. Thermometer

26. 15. Hot Plate

27. Proper Use Used to heat flasks and beakers

28. 16. Wire Gauze 17. Ring Clamp 18. Ring Stand

29. Proper Use 16. Wire Gauze -Rests on a ring clamp to hold glassware above a burner

30. Proper Use 17. Ring Clamp – Used to hold items like beakers, flasks and crucibles over a Bunsen burner on a ring stand 18. Ring Stand – Used to place objects over a Bunsen burner for heating

31. 19. Funnel

32. Proper Use Aides in pouring materials into small openings Used for filtering with filter paper

33. 20. Mortar and Pestle

34. Proper Use Used to grind or crush materials

35. 21. Petri Dish

36. Proper Use Used to culture (“grow”) microscopic specimens