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SCIENCE LABORATORY

APARATUS
A Bunsen burner, named after Robert
Bunsen, is a kind of ambient air gas
burner used as laboratory equipment; it
produces a single open gas flame, and is
used for heating, sterilization, and
combustion. The gas can be natural gas
or a liquefied petroleum gas, such as
propane, butane, or a mixture.
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 clear plastic
tubing, open at the top and closed at the
bottom. Test tubes are usually placed in
special-purpose racks.
Beaker is a cylindrical container that is used
in a laboratory to store, heat and mix liquids.
They are generally made of glass, but some
science beakers use heat resistant plastic or
metal.
A microscope is an instrument that
makes an enlarged image of a small
object, thus revealing details too small
to be seen by the unaided eye. The
most familiar kind of microscope is the
optical microscope, which uses visible
light focused through lenses.
A magnifying glass is one of the first
introduced lab equipment among the
students. As the name suggests, it is used to
view enlarged or magnified images of
objects or read the small calibrations
marked on many equipment's. It has a
convex lens for object enlargement and
usually has a wooden handle to hold it.
The dropper, also known as Pasteur pipette, is a common small
apparatus, usually made up of plastic or glass cylinder, having a small
nozzle on one side and a rubber holder on the other. It is used to put
the liquids or solutions in any medium dropwise, that is, one drop at
a time, a piece of necessary equipment when any reagent is required
in an extremely small amount in a solution.
The thermometers that we generally use in
laboratories are analog types, though there
are digital versions out there as well. It is a
pencil-thin tube of clear glass with
graduated temperature readings with a
hairline bore through its middle through
which the indicator liquid rises.
tongs are not exactly lab safety apparatus,
but they indeed save you from a lot of
harm. There are two kinds of tongs used in
labs – larger ones with a hinge, and small
tweezers. Both are coated with non-
reactive material so that they can resist
corrosion up to a certain extent.
There are two kinds of lab weighing
machines – precision balances and
analytical balances. Precision balances
are the most common and they can
measure milligrams. Analytical balances
are, however, so sensitive that even air
currents can disturb them. This is why
they have a glass box enclosure over the
weighing plate. Analytical balances can
measure parts of micrograms
An alcohol lamp is used for heating, sterilization,
and combustion in a laboratory. The alcohol lamp
uses ethyl alcohol or spirit as a fuel. It is generally
made up of glass, brass or aluminum. Note that
heating and combustion are important processes
of a science laboratory.
A petri dish is used to culture different
types of cells, including bacteria and
molds. It often contains a nutritional
medium on which the cells can grow. A
petri dish is a flat, shallow dish made of
glass or plastic with a suitable lid.
Graduated cylinders are used for measuring
volumes of liquid. Scientists will pour the
liquid into the graduated cylinder and view
it at eye level, lining up the bottom of the
meniscus of the liquid with the
measurement lines on the side of the
cylinder
A mortar and pestle are used to grind up solid
chemicals into fine powder and crush solids into
smaller pieces. The mortar's interior is unglazed
for more effective grinding. The rims have
integrated pouring spouts. The mortar is a bowl,
typically made of hardwood, ceramic, or stone.
Laboratory balances are normally
used to measure the weight or
mass of an object to a very high
degree of accuracy. A few common
balances used in labs today are
precision balances, compact
balances, and analytical balances
with readability of 0.001 g, 0.01g,
and 0.0001 g respectively.

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