Lab Equipment Notes

IPC Unit 1

Beaker

• Used to hold and heat liquids. Multipurpose and essential in the lab.

Test Tube Brushes

• Used to easily clean the inside of a test tubes and other glassware.

Bunsen Burner

• Used for heating and exposing items to flame

Crucible with Lid

• Used to heat small quantities to very high temperatures.

Crucible Tong

• Used to hold crucibles and evaporating dishes when they are hot.

Disposable Pipette

• Used for moving small amounts of liquid from place to place. They are usually made of plastic and are disposable

Electronic Balance

• Used for weighing substances or objects, usually in grams.

Erlenmeyer Flask

• Used to heat, mix, and store liquids.

• The advantage to the Erlenmeyer Flask is that the bottom is wider than the top

• It will heat quicker because of the greater surface area exposed to the heat.

Evaporating Dish

• Used to recover dissolved solids by evaporation

Florence Flask

• Used for heating substances that need to be heated evenly.

• The bulbed bottom allows the heat to distribute through the liquid more evenly.

• Mostly used in distillation experiments.

Forceps

• Used for picking up and moving small objects.

Graduated Cylinder

• Used to measure the volumes of liquids

Hot Plate

• Used for heating substances and liquids in beakers and flasks.

Mortar & Pestle

• Used to crush solids into powders for experiments, usually to better dissolve the solids.

Ring Clamp

• Attached to ring stand and with wire gauze used to hold beakers or flasks while they are heated by a gas burner.

Ring Stand

• Used to hold items being heated.

• Clamps or rings can be used so that items may be placed above the lab table for heating by Bunsen burners or other items.

Scoopula

• For scooping out small or large amounts of chemicals from bottles, etc.

Spatula

• Used for moving small amounts of solid from place to place.

Striker

• Used to light a gas burner

Test Tube

• Used for storing, mixing, and heating small amounts of chemicals.

Test Tube Holder

• Used to hold test tubes while heating.

Test Tube Rack

• Used to hold test tubes while reactions happen in them or while they are not needed.

Thermometer

• Used to take temperature of solids, liquids, and gases.

• They are usually in oC, but can also be in oF.

Triple Beam Balance

• used to measure masses very precisely

Utility Clamp

• Used to attach test tubes and other glassware to ring stand

Wash Bottle

• Used to wash or rinse other containers

Weigh Boat

• Used for weighing solids on a balance.

Wire Gauze

• Used to support other glassware over, for ex. a Bunsen burner