Identifying Lab Equipment

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering essential chemistry laboratory hardware, balances, support items, and glassware.

Vertical Support

A metal rod attached to a heavy base used to support clamps and laboratory equipment setups.

90° Clamp

A hardware clamp used to secure cross-bars or attached clamps at a right angle to a vertical support rod.

Utility Clamp

An adjustable clamp attached to a support stand used to hold glassware such as test tubes, flasks, or burettes.

Thermometer Clamp

A specialized clamp designed to hold a thermometer securely in place during heating or measurement.

Ring Support

A circular metal ring mounted on a support stand used to hold beakers, flasks, or wire gauze above a burner.

Weighing Tray

A shallow container used to hold solid chemical samples while measuring their mass on a balance.

Electronic Balance

A digital balance used to measure the mass of substances quickly and accurately.

Triple Beam Balance

A mechanical instrument used to measure mass by sliding weights along three calibrated beams.

Tirrill Burner

A gas burner that allows independent regulation of both fuel gas flow and air intake for flame control.

Bunsen Burner

A standard laboratory gas burner used to produce a single open gas flame for heating, sterilization, and combustion.

Flint Striker

A handheld tool that produces sparks via flint friction to safely light gas burners.

Crucible and Cover

A small ceramic container and lid designed to withstand extreme heat for high-temperature solid heating.

Crucible Tongs

Metal tongs with curved tips designed specifically to handle hot crucibles and their covers safely.

Beaker Tongs

Tongs with rubber-coated or wide jaws designed to securely grip and move hot beakers.

Clay Triangle

A wire-bound porcelain frame placed on a ring support to hold a crucible directly over a flame.

Wire Gauze (ceramic center)

A wire mesh screen with a ceramic center placed on a ring support to distribute heat evenly under glassware.

Beaker

A flat-bottomed cylindrical glass container with a pouring spout, used for holding, mixing, and heating liquids.

Erlenmeyer Flask

A cone-shaped glassware item with a flat bottom and narrow neck, ideal for swirling liquids without spilling.

Filter Flask

A heavy-walled Erlenmeyer flask featuring a side arm for connecting to a vacuum line during suction filtration.

Boiling Flask

A round-bottomed glass vessel designed to provide uniform heating during boiling and distillation processes.

Funnel

A wide-topped tube with a narrow stem, used to transfer liquids or powders into small openings and hold filter paper.

Graduated Cylinder

A tall, narrow calibrated glass cylinder used to measure liquid volumes accurately.

Volumetric Flask

A flat-bottomed flask with a long neck and a single line mark, calibrated to hold an exact volume of liquid.

Burette

A long, graduated glass tube fitted with a stopcock, used to dispense precise liquid volumes during titrations.

Glass Pipettes

Slender glass tubes calibrated to measure and transfer precise quantities of liquid.

Disposable Pipette

A small plastic transfer pipette with an integrated squeeze bulb used to dispense liquids dropwise.

Watch Glass

A shallow, circular concave piece of glass used as a surface to evaporate liquids, weigh solids, or cover beakers.

Evaporating Dish

A small ceramic or porcelain dish with a spout, used to evaporate excess liquid solvents from solutions.

Wash Bottle

A squeeze bottle equipped with a nozzle, used to rinse laboratory equipment with solvent or distilled water.

Mortar & Pestle

A heavy ceramic bowl and grinding rod pair used to crush and grind solid substances into fine powders.

Petri Dish & Cover

A shallow cylindrical glass or plastic dish with a matching lid, used to culture micro-organisms or view samples.