LABORATORY and SAFETY
EQUIPMENT AND THEIR
FUNCTIONS
Goggles
Most important
piece of lab
equipment
Protects eyes
from broken
glass, chemicals,
and flames.
Lab Aprons
Protects clothes from chemicals
Eye Wash
Rinse eyes for 15-20 min. if exposed to
chemicals
Fire Blanket
Wrap around a person whose clothes or
hair have caught on fire (then they should
drop and roll)
Shower
If a chemical is spilled over a large part of
the body (all over clothes or legs)
Beaker
May be heated
Used to hold or
mix chemicals
Stirring Rod
Glass rod used
for stirring
BE CAREFUL!
They break
easily
Erlenmeyer Flask
May be heated
Used for mixing
chemicals
Graduated Cylinder
Measures
volumes of
liquids
Test Tube
May be heated
Holding small
amounts of
chemicals
For small
reactions
Wire Gauze
Spreads out the
heat produced
by a Bunsen
burner
Can place a
beaker on top
Test Tube Holder
DUHHHHH
It holds a test tube
Test Tube Rack
Holds test tubes
in a vertical
position.
Allows for clear
sight.
Drying rack
Ring Stand
Multi-purpose, mostly used as a support to
heat chemicals and hold burets.
Funnel
Holds filter paper for filtering solutions.
Transferring liquids to smaller narrow
necked containers.
Ring Clamp
One side clamps to ring stand. Place wire
gauze on ring and it will hold beakers and
flasks for heating. Can hold small beakers
or funnels.
Watch Glass
Used as a beaker cover
Can be used to place small amounts of
chemicals on
(looks like a contact lens)
Evaporating Dish
Holds small
volumes of
liquids being
evaporated.
Plastic Wash Bottle
Dispenses water for
rinsing equipment
Crucible and Lid
Holds small amounts
of chemicals for
heating at high
temperatures.
Clay Triangle
Supports a crucible in a ring stand
apparatus.
Crucible Tongs
Pickup and
hold small hot
items like a
crucible.
Forceps
Used to pick up
small items.
Bunsen Burner (&
Striker)
Controls release of natural gas for burning.
Tubing connects to gas source.
Striker with flint is used to ignite the burner
(or matches).
Electronic Balance
Measures
mass in
grams
Rubber Stopper
Covers test tube for mixing
Scoopula
Used to transfer solids from one container
to another
Test Tube Brush
Cleans out a test tube
Thermometer
Takes temperature (in Celsius)
Pipette
Used for measuring very small volumes of
liquids