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Overview of Laboratory Equipment Functions

The document describes 15 common laboratory equipment, their physical characteristics, and functions. The equipment includes beakers, glass covers, test tubes, tripod stands, burners, Erlenmeyer flasks, reagent bottles, wash bottles, watch glasses, balances, pipettes, thermometers, ovens, burettes, and funnels. They are mostly glass or metal containers used to hold, heat, or transfer chemical samples and reagents. Equipment like balances and thermometers are used to measure and analyze sample properties.

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Overview of Laboratory Equipment Functions

The document describes 15 common laboratory equipment, their physical characteristics, and functions. The equipment includes beakers, glass covers, test tubes, tripod stands, burners, Erlenmeyer flasks, reagent bottles, wash bottles, watch glasses, balances, pipettes, thermometers, ovens, burettes, and funnels. They are mostly glass or metal containers used to hold, heat, or transfer chemical samples and reagents. Equipment like balances and thermometers are used to measure and analyze sample properties.

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Laboratory Equipments, the Physical Characteristic, and the Functions

Laboratory
No Picture Physical Characteristics Functions
Equipments
1 Beaker Glass - It is cylinder in shape. It is used as a container of
- It has various sizes. chemical samples in
- It is transparent. mixing, stirring, and
- It is made of glass. heating process.
- It has scale on its body.
- It is fragile.
2 Glass Cover - It is rectangular in shape. It is used to cover beaker
- It is small. glass during heating
- It is transparent. process.
- It is made of glass.
- It is fragile.

3 Test Tube - It is cylinder in shape, like a It is used as a container of


pipe. chemical samples in small
- It has U-shape on its bottom. quantities.
- It is long.
- It is transparent.
- It is made of glass.
- It is fragile.
4 Tripod Stand - It is circle on the top. It is used to hold beaker
- It has three legs. glass during heating
- It is made of iron. process.

5 Tecklu Burner/ - It is long It is used as heat source.


Bunsen Burner - It is medium.
- Its color is silver.
- It is made of iron.

6 Erlenmeyer - It is circle on the bottom. It is used as a container of


- It has long neck. liquid samples during
- It has various sizes. mixing proces by
- It is transparent. stirring/swirling.
- It is made of glass.
- It has scale on its body.
- It is fragile.
7 Reagent Bottle - It is cylinder in shape. It is used as a container to
- It has various sizes. store/keep reagent.
- It is transparent.
- It is made of glass.
- It is fragile.

8 Wash Bottle - It is cylinder in shape. It is used as a container of


- It has various sizes. distilled water to wash
- It is transparent. glass equipments.
- It is made of plastic.

9 Watch Glass - It is circle. It is used a container of


Laboratory
No Picture Physical Characteristics Functions
Equipments
- It is small. chemical samples during
- It is transparent. measuring process.
- It is made of glass.
- It is fragile.

10 Analytical/Digital - It is cube. It is used to measure


Balance - It is medium. sample’s mass in detail
- It is transparent. way.
- It is made of glass, iron, and
metal.
- It is expensive.
11 Pippette - It is cylinder in shape. It is used to transfer liquid
- It is long. samples drop-by-drop
- It is transparent.
- It is made of glass.
- On its top, it is made of
rubber.
- It is fragile.
12 Thermometer - It is long. It is used to measure
- It is transparent. room temperature.
- It is made of glass.
- It has scale on its body.
- It has alcohol inside.
- It is fragile.
13 Oven - It is cube. It is used to heat samples.
- It is big.
- It is silver in color.
- It is made of iron.

14 Burette - It is cylinder in shape. It is udes to add reagents


- It is long. in certain measurements
- It is transparent. drop-by-drop
- It is made of glass.
- It has scale on its body.
- It is fragile.
15 Funnel - It is cone in shape. It is used to transfer liquid
- It is made of glass. samples in order to avoid
- It is fragile. spilling.

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