Laboratory Rules and

Equipment
 Wear appropriate protective
clothing
Hair net

• Wear PPE
Your clothing should cover your legs to the
knees – shorts are not appropriate for the
laboratory
• Lab aprons can be used to protect good
clothing
• Loose clothing should not be worn because it
may dip into chemicals or fall into a flame and
Protect Your Eyes
• Appropriate eye
protection must
be worn at all
times!
 Wear shoes that cover your feet.

• Sandals and
open-toed shoes do
not protect your
feet from broken
glass that is
frequently found in
the lab
• Also, leather shoes
protect your feet
from chemical spills
– canvas shoes do
not.
Do not apply cosmetics, eat, or drink
in the lab.
• These activities are ways by which you
can accidentally ingest harmful
chemicals
Do not taste any chemical!
Pour from large containers to smaller ones.
 Always ADD ACID to water

acid

water

“Do not spit into acid!” – a good phrase to

remember this rule.
Hold your hand over the label while pouring.
Work with volatile chemicals under a fume
hood.
Check glassware for stars or cracks.
Heat test tubes at an angle, directing
the opening oppositely to you and
other people in the laboratory.
Handle hot glassware with gloves or beaker
tongs.
First light the match

THEN

Turn on the gas!

Do not smell any chemicals directly!

• If absoluteley
necessary to
smell, use your
hand to fan the
vapor to your
nose.
Do not pipet solutions by mouth!

• Use a rubber
suction bulb or
other device to
fill a pipet.
 Wash your hands with soap and
water before leaving.

• This rule applies

even if you have
been wearing
gloves!
Know the hazards of the materials being
used.
• Read and reread • Know how to
labels carefully to interpret data from
make sure that you a MSDS.
are using the right
chemical.
Tie Back Loose Hair
• Dangling hair can
fall into the
Bunsen burner
and catch fire or
can fall into a
chemical solution

• P.S. Burning hair

REALLY STINKS!
 Know the safety equipment
• Eye wash fountain

• Safety shower

• Fire extinguisher

• Emergency exits
 Know how to use the safety equipment
• Eye wash Fountain

• Safety Shower

• Fire extinguisher

• Emergency Exit
 Never remove chemicals from the
laboratory
This guy put chemicals in his locker!
 Don’t work alone in the lab

• In case of a
problem, you may
need another
person to prevent
injury or even
save your life!
 Remember that the lab is a place for
serious work!
Careless behavior may endanger yourself
and others and will not be tolerated!
 Demonstrate safe behavior
• Obey all safety instructions.
• Clean up spills immediately; IF you
know how. If you are uncertain how
to clean up a spill or if a large spill
occurs, notify persons in
accordance to the emergency
procedure.
Demonstrate safe behavior
• Before leaving the lab:
Demonstrate safe behavior
• Before leaving the lab:
– Return equipment and chemicals to
their proper places
Demonstrate safe behavior
• Before leaving the lab:
– Return equipment and chemicals to
their proper places

– Be sure to replace the lids to all

containers
Demonstrate safe behavior
• Before leaving the lab:
– Return equipment and chemicals to
their proper places

– Be sure to replace the lids to all

containers

– Clean up your work area

 Know how to dispose of waste

• Dispose of all waste materials according

to your instructional

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Report any accidents or unsafe
conditions immediately!
 Equipment Names
Wire Reagent Plastic Funnels Metal Clamp
Gauze Bottle
Evaporation Dish
Test Tube Plastic Wash
Brush Bottle Test Tube
Holder
Beaker Erlenmeyer Flask Glass Stirring Rod Mortar and
Pestle
Round Flask Bunsen Burner Graduated Cylinders Ring Stand

Rubber Stopper Fume Hood

Test Large Metal
Tubes Spatula
Watch Glass Electronic Balance
Micro-Well Small Metal
s Spatula
Desiccator Utility
Metal Ring Test Tube Clamp
Brush Crucible Hot Tong

Clay Triangle Plate

Büchner Funnel Burette Clamp Dropper
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Names
Beaker

Names
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Erlenmeyer Flask

Names
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Round Flask

Names
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Test Tubes

Names
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Large Metal Spatula

Names
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Small Metal Spatula

Names
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Rubber Stopper

Names
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Watch Glass

Names
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Burette Clamp

Names
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Utility Clamp

Names
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Metal Ring

Names
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Ring Stand

Names
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Clay Triangle

Names
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Evaporation Dish

Names
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Tong

Names
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Mortar and Pestle

Names
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Büchner Funnel

Names
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Plastic Funnels

Names
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Bunsen Burner

Names
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Graduated Cylinders

Names
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Desiccator

Names
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Metal Clamp

Names
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Test Tube Holder

Names
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Wire Gauze

Names
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Electronic Balance

Names
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Hot Plate

Names
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Fume Hood

Names
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Reagent Bottle

Names
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Plastic Wash Bottle

Names
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Test Tube Brush

Names
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Glass Stirring Rod

Names
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Dropper

Names
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Crucible

Names
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• Beakers – One of the most common types of
laboratory glassware, beakers are basic
containers used to hold samples and reagents.
• Burettes – Used to dispense liquid in exact
quantities.
• Pipettes (Bulb and Graduated) – Used to move
a small, measured amount of fluid.
• Condensers – There are many varieties of
condensers, but they are all typically designed
to cool or heat liquids.
Desiccators – Absorb moisture from a
substance.
Drying pistols – They perform the same task as
desiccator. The pistol is a more direct way of
removing moisture.
Funnels – Designed with a tapered neck to
enable liquid to be poured accurately into a
container with a narrow opening.
Glass Sampling Tubes – Sampling tubes are used
for taking small measures of a liquid.
Graduated Cylinders – Very similar to a beaker
but with volume measurements.
Pipette – used to accurately measure small
volume of liquid

Tripod – used to assist apparatus during heating

Wire Gauze – used to prevent direct contact of heat

and apparatus

Crucible and cover – used to heat dry substance at

high temperature
Tripod – used to assist apparatus during heating

Wire Gauze – used to prevent direct contact of

heat and apparatus

Crucible and cover – used to heat dry substance at

high temperature

Clay triangle – used to hold the crucible and cover

in place during high temperature ignition

Evaporating dish – used to removed liquid

materials from a solution by heating
Wing top / Fish Tail – used to spread out flames of
a Bunsen burner
Erlenmeyer flask – used as container to
observe chemical reactions

Volumetric Flask – used to prepare exact

volume of solutions

Test tube – used to observe chemical

reactions in small volume
Ignition tube – used in heating small
amount of subtance
Mortar and Pestle – used to grind solids
Spot Plate – used to observe chemical
reactions involving small amounts
Watch Glass – used as container in
weighing solid substances; used to dry
solutions without heating
Iron Stand – where the holding apparatus is
mounted

Buret Clamp – used to hold buret in place

Iron Clamp – used to hold glasswares in place
Test tube holder – used to hold test tube during
heating
Iron ring – used to hold round bottom flasks in
place
Test tube rack – used to hold test tubes in place
Balance – used to measure exact
weight of solid reagents
Analytical Balance
Top Loading Balance
Triple Beam Balance
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