Judy Ann BRENSIS
College of Science
University of Eastern Philippines
Name of Apparatus and its
uses
1 2
Alcohol lamp – a heating Aspirator or rubber bulb - Aid to sip
device fueled with alcohol liquid through the pipette
Name of Apparatus and its
uses
3 4
Beaker – a deep, wide mouthed, thin Bunsen burner – a source of heat used in
walled cylindrical container with pouring extreme heating, fueled with liquified
lip used in measuring large amount of petroleum gas. It is also used when non
liquid, used as container in boiling liquid luminous flame is needed for experiment
and also used as container in mixing work.
chemical.
Name of Apparatus and its
uses
5 6
pipette – a tool used to transport a Crucible and cover – a porcelain vessel
measured of volume liquid. It is also used to used to hold small amounts of chemicals for
deliver small amount of liquid. heating at high temperatures
Name of Apparatus and
its uses
7
Iron clamp
Iron ring
Iron stand
Iron clamp – clamps to the iron stand on one side. The other sides
hold things such as test tubes, burets and flasks.
Iron ring and Iron stand – holds glassware such as funnels or other
objects like the wire gauze or clay triangle for heating with a bunsen
burner.
Name of Apparatus and
8 its uses 9
Clay triangle a ceramic porcelain material Erlenmeyer flask used as container of
of triangle in shape used to support large quantity of liquid, it can measures
crucible in a ring stand apparatus while liquids (but not accurately), may be heated,
heating or in mixing and it can also be used as
receiver in distillation or titration.
Name of Apparatus and
10 its uses 11
Evaporating dish a porcelain dish in Funnel a coned-shaped vessel ending in a
which holds small volumes of liquids may tube at the base, used for pouring liquids
be evaporated and powders through a small opening and
to hold the filter paper in filtration
operations.
Name of Apparatus and
12
12 its uses 13
Graduated cylinder a instrument used to Hot plate a heating equipment conducted
by current advisable for safe heating
measure exact volume of liquids.
Name of Apparatus and
14 its uses
15
mortar and pestle a tool used for Triple beam balance a tool used in
pounding and grinding solid matter into measuring the mass of matter or sample
powder form
Name of Apparatus and
16 its uses
17
Stirring rod a glass rod used for stirring Spatula is used in scooping small
quantities of solid chemicals
Name of Apparatus and
18 its uses
19 20
Test tube holder
Test tube
Test tube brush a brush Test tube rack a framemade
that is long and narrow to of wood or steel used in
Test tube a glass tube used in heatin, clean the inside of a
mix chemicals and holding small glassware, supporting the test tubes
particular in while observing the reaction
amounts of chemicals. cleaning the test tube
Test tube holder is used to hold test that takes place or when not
in use.
tubes during experiment
Name of Apparatus and
21 its uses
22 23
tripod three leg equipment
used in supporting the
container while heating. Crucible tong used to
hold hot crucibles
Thermometer a device used in measuring
temperature.
Name of Apparatus and
24 its uses
25 26
Watch glass used as a
beaker cover and can be
used as a container of Buret a vertical Wire gauze is used to place under the
small amount of chemicals cylindrical glassware, used container holding the liquid, that is
to dispense known being heated by the bunsen burner, so
amounts of liquid reagent the continer doesn’t have a direct
in experiments. contact with the flame.
LEARNING EXERCISE
1
EXERCISE No.1
COMMON LABORATORY APPARATUS
Name: Score
Course & section: Date
Schedule
On the space provided draw the common laboratory apparatus in a
short bond paper..
1. Alcohol lamp 2. Aspirator
3. beaker 4. Bunsen burner
5. pipette 6. Crucible and cover
7. Iron ring, iron stand and iron clamp 8. Clay triangle
9. Erlenmeyer flasks 10. Evaporating dish
11. funnel 12. Graduated cylinder
13. hotplate 14. Mortar and pestle
15. Platform balance 16. Stirring rod
17. spatula 18. Test tube and test tube holder
19. Test tube brush 20. Test tube rack
21. thermometer 22. tripod
23. Crucible tong 24. Watch glass
25. buret 26. Wire gauze
Questions: Answer the following:
Classify the apparatus according to the following uses:
1. Measurement of volume of liquids
a. Accurately: ___________________________________________________
b. Approximately: ________________________________________________
2. Used as containers in
a. weighing corrosive substances :_____________________________________
b. heating: _______________________________________________________
c. mixing :________________________________________________________
3. Transferring from one container to another
a. solids: _________________________________________________________
b. liquids: ________________________________________________________
4. Used as holder and support :
________________________________________________________________
5. Used as heating device:
________________________________________________________________
6. Used as cleaning device:
________________________________________________________________
7. Measurement of mass:
_________________________________________________________________
8. Measurement of temperature:
_________________________________________________________________
9. Used in pounding solid sample:
_________________________________________________________________
