Use of Chemistry Lab Equipment

Used for obtaining the masses of solid and liquid samples

• Spectrometer

• Condenser

• Balance

• Thermometer

A flat-bottomed, cylindrical piece of glassware used for mixing and heating compounds

• Buret
• Erlenmeyer flask
• Beaker
• Florence flask

It's attached to a gas line and lit to provide heat for your experiments

• Sparker

• Igniter

• Nichrome wire

• Bunsen burner

An extremely accurate device with a stopcock at the bottom used to measure volumes of reagents

• Beaker

• Burette

• Condenser

• Pipette

Used to secure glassware to a ring stand

• Crucible tongs

• Forceps

• Utility clamp

• Tweezers

Used for holding a test tube in place when the tube is hot or should not be touched

• Test tube holder

• Clay triangle

• Wire gauze

• Crucible tongs

Used to hold a crucible while it is being heated

• Nichrome wire

• Condenser

• Clay triangle

• Utility clamp

A cup-shaped container capable of sustaining high temperatures

• Erlenmeyer flask

• Crucible

• Ceramic jar

• Burette

Used to handle a hot crucible

• Tweezers

• Needle nose pliers

• Crucible tongs

• Vice grips

The general name for a glass vessel with a wide body and a narrow neck

• flask
• pipette
• beaker
• graduated cylinder