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Lab Microscope

The document describes various common pieces of laboratory equipment used in a lab setting, including microscopes, beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks, stirring rods, droppers, mortar and pestles, funnels, alcohol burners, evaporating dishes, crucible tongs, test tube holders, Florence flasks, graduated cylinders, test tubes, and test tube racks. Each item is defined or described briefly.

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Lab Microscope

The document describes various common pieces of laboratory equipment used in a lab setting, including microscopes, beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks, stirring rods, droppers, mortar and pestles, funnels, alcohol burners, evaporating dishes, crucible tongs, test tube holders, Florence flasks, graduated cylinders, test tubes, and test tube racks. Each item is defined or described briefly.

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Lab Microscope

Instrument that produces enlarged images of small objects, allowing them to be viewed at a scale convenient for examination and analysis. Formed by various means, the image is received by direct imaging, electronic processing, or a combination of these methods. The most familiar type of microscope is the optical, or light, microscope, in which lenses are used to form the image. Other types of microscopes use the wave nature of various physical processes, the most important being the electron microscope (see electron microscopy), which uses a beam of electrons in its image formation. Crude microscopes date to the mid-15th century, but not until 1674 were the powerful microscopes of A. van Leeuwenhoek able to detect phenomena as small as protozoans.

Laboratory Beaker
A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.

Erlenmeyer flask
A conical laboratory flask with a narrow neck and flat broad bottom.

Stirring Rod
It is a stick that is used for mixing.

Dropper

A dropping tube. A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still anoccasional, habit of the setter.

Mortar and Pestle


A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix solid substances (trituration). The pestle is a heavy batshaped object, the end of which is used for crushing and grinding. The mortar is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, ceramic or stone. The substance to be ground is placed in the mortar and ground, crushed or mixed with the pestle.

Funnel

A funnel is a pipe with a wide, often conical mouth and a narrow stem. It is used to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Without a funnel, spillage would occur.

Alcohol Burner

Alcohol lamps are usually found in biology labs where they do innoculations of bacteria cultures. It heats the wire loop on a stick that they use to spread the bacteria on the growth medium, which will prevent contamination to the cultures. They are more portable than bunsen burners but burn at a lower temperature.

Evaporating Dish

The evaporating dish is ceramic and can be heated to high temperatures.

Crucible Tongs

Laboratory tongs are large pincers for grasping and lifting vessels of heatresistant material used in high temperature chemical reactions. They can be used to hold or pick up many items, but work best as tongs for picking up a hot evaporating dish.

Test Tube Holder

The test tube holder is the holder made out of wire in your lab drawer. You hold it in your hand and squeeze on the handles to open the other end, into which you then insert a test tube. This small piece of equipment does nothing except hold test tubes.

Florence Flask

A Florence flask (also known as a boiling flask) is a type of flask used as an item of laboratory glassware. It can be used as a container to hold solutions of chemicals. A Florence flask has a round body with a single long neck and with either a round or a flat bottom. A Florence flask with a flat bottom may stand upright alone on a flat surface; flasks with round bottoms need support to stand upright. It is designed for uniform heating and ease of swirling; it is produced in a number of different glass thicknesses to stand different types of use.

Graduated Cylinder
A graduated cylinder, also known as a measuring cylinder, is a piece of laboratory equipment used to accurately measure the volume of a liquid.

Test Tube

A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clearplastic tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom

Test Tube Rack

The test tube rack is used to hold test tubes while reactions happen in them or while they are not needed.

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