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Beaker

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

Bottle

Bottles can be ued for storage, for mixing and for displaying.

Bunsen Burner

Bunsen burners are used for heating and exposing items to flame. They have many more uses than a hot plate, but do not replace a hot plate.

Buret

The buret is used in titrations to measure precisely how much liquid is used.

Crucible

Crucibles are used to heat small quantities to very high temperatures.

Erlenmeyer Flask

The Erlenmeyer Flask is used to heat and store liquids. The advantage to the Erlenmeyer Flask is that the bottom is wider than the top so it will heat quicker because of the greater surface area exposed to the heat.

Evaporating Dish

The Evaporating Dish is used to heat and evaporate liquids.

Florence Flask

The Florence Flask is used for heating subtances that need to be heated evenly. The bulbed bottom allows the heat to distribute through the liquid more evenly. The Florence Flask is mostly used in distillation experiments.

Food Coloring is used in many experiments to Food Coloring show color change and to make the experiment more exciting.

Funnel

The Funnel is a piece of eqipment that is used in the lab but is not confined to the lab. The funnel can be used to target liguids into any container so they will not be lost or spilled.

Microspatula

The Microspatula, commonly called a spatula, is used for moving small amounts of solid from place to place.

Mortar and Pestle

The Mortar and Pestle are used to crush solids into powders for experiments, usually to better dissolve the solids.

Paper Towels are essential to the lab Paper Towels environment. They will be used in almost every lab.

Pipet

The pipet is used for moving small amounts of liquid from place to place. They are usually made of plastic and are disposable

Ring Stand

Ring stands are 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.

Stir Rod

The stir rods are used to stir things. They are usually made of glass. Stir Rods are very useful in the lab setting.

Stopper

Stoppers come in many different sizes. The sizes are from 0 to 8. Stoppers can have holes for thermometers and for other probes that may be used.

Test tube Brush

The test tube brush is used to easily clean the inside of a test tube.

Test tube Holder

The holder is used to hold test tubes when they are hot and untouchable.

Test tube Rack

The testtube rack is used to hold testtubes while reactions happen in them or while they are not needed.

The thermometer is used to take temperature of o Thermometer solids, liquids, and gases. They are usually in C, o but can also be in F

Tongs

Tongs are used to hold many different things such as flasks, crucibles, and evaporating dishes when they are hot.

Triangle

The triangle is used to hold crucibles when they are being heated. They usually sit on a ring stand

Volumetric Flask

The Volumetric flask is used to measure one specific volume. They are mostly used in mixing solutions where a one liter or one half a liter is needed.

Watch Glass

The watch glass is used to hold solids when being weighed or transported. They should never be heated.

Beakers are useful as a reaction container or to hold liquid or solid samples. They are also used to catch liquids from titrations and filtrates from filtering operations.

Bunsen burners are sources of heat.

Burets are for addition of a precise volume of liquid. The volume of liquid added can be determined to the nearest 0.01 mL with practice.

Clay triangles are placed on a ring attached to a ring stand as a support for a funnel, crucible, or evaporating dish.

Droppers are for addition of liquids drop by drop

Erlenmeyer flasks are useful to contain reactions or to hold liquid samples. They are also useful to catch filtrates.

Glass funnels are for funneling liquids from one container to another or for filtering when equipped with filter paper.

Graduated cylinders are for measurement of an amount of liquid. The volume of liquid can be estimated to the nearest 0.1 mL with practice.

Pipets are used to dispense small quantities of liquids.

Ring stand with rings or clamps are for holding pieces of glassware in place.

Test tubes are for holding small samples or for containing smallscale reactions.

Test tube holders are for holding test tubes when tubes should not be touched Tongs are similar in function to forceps but are useful for larger items.

Volumetric flasks are used to measure precise volumes of liquid or to make precise dilutions.

Wash bottles are used for dispensing small quantities of distilled water.

Watch glasses are for holding small samples or for covering beakers or evaporating dishes. Wire gauze on a ring supports beakers to be heated by Bunsen burners

DONT'S 1. Do NOT bring food or drink and eat in the lab (you don't want to eat chemicals that God knows how got into your hands, right?) 2. Do NOT put knapsacks, or any other big stuffs on the floor so that people can trip on it. Put them in your locker. 3. DON'T ASSUME! Ask if you don't know or even unsure about little thing. BEtter be safe. 4. Do NOT wear excessive jewelry. Keep them in your locker till lab is over. 5. DO NOT wear contacts in the lab, wear your glasses instead. 6. No horseplay please. 7. Do NOT drink the nearest solution when you're thirsty! Sounds stupid but it happens believe it or not 8. NEVER put back chemicals into it's container when you already took it out, take only what's necessary. 9. DON:T run inside the lab please, it'll increase chance of you bumping into a person with hydrochloric acid, big no no.

DO's 1. Always wear a lab coat: long armed, knee length, pop button so that when you catch fire, you can easily take it off. 2. For long haired people, tie your hair back! Don't want to catch fire when you bend forward or dip your hair into chemicals. 3. It's a good practice to wash your hands when you enter the lab and when you're about to leave the lab. 4. Know where the fire extinguisher, eyewash station, and MSDS (material safety datasheet) 5. Have one lab book, note down anything in there about your experiment such that anybody who reads it can reproduce that experiment. Be meticulous. 6. ALWAYS wear gloves when dealing with chemicals. 7. Wear goggles when dealing with glasswares and chemicals (we scientist do not have to look cool in the lab, it's not the purpose, better be safe than blind) 8. Read instructions! 9. LABEL stuff! You always want to know what's inside a container, even if it's just water. 10. Wear full clothing please: pants, tied shoes (no flats please for girls), make sure the shoes are fully covering your feet. Hey, I said it, scientists are geeks, no fashion involved. 11. Clean up after you're done please; put the glasswares into the dishwasher if your lab has one, throw away used slides (if instructed so, if not then wash well and air dry), etc.