Common Laboratory Apparatus - PHA612 (Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry) Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering common laboratory glassware and equipment from the notes.

Test Tube Holder

Clamp with a spring handle used to hold a test tube

Test tube

Glassware with rounded bottom designed to contain small amounts of samples for reactions.

test tube brush

Used to clean narrow-mouth laboratory glassware.

Test Tube Rack

Used to hold multiple test tubes in an upright position.

Tool used to transfer solid materials from containers onto weighing dishes.

Spatula (Porcelain and Stainless)

Rod used to guide the transfer of liquids into a container with a narrow opening.

Stirring/Glass Rod

Used to draw liquid that can then be squeezed out in small drops.

Dropper Pipet

For adding chemical solutions to a reaction vessel to minimize rapid reaction and bubbling over.

Thistle Tube

Pipette used to measure an exact volume of liquid and transfer it.

Volumetric Pipet

Used to transfer milliliter volumes of liquid, from less than 1 mL to up to 50 mL.

Serological Pipet

Serves as a vacuum source to draw liquids.

Aspirator

Used for titrating alkaline solutions; acids can react with the rubber tubing.

Mohr Buret (Base Buret)

Used for titrating acid solutions; alkalis/bases can attack the glass stopcock.

Geissler Buret (Acid Buret)

Squeezable plastic bottle with nozzle used to dispense distilled water for rinsing.

Wash Bottle

Container used to hold liquids, and for mixing, stirring, and heating chemicals.

Beaker

Primary measuring tool for liquids.

Graduated Cylinder

Used to prepare solutions to an accurate volume.

Volumetric Flask

For uniform heating, boiling, distillation and ease of swirling.

Florence Flask

Conical flask used to contain and mix chemicals; narrow neck helps prevent spills.

Erlenmeyer Flask

Used for the determination of iodine; has a ground socket and a cup-shaped top.

Iodine Flask

Deep porcelain crucible used for heating and evaporating.

Porcelain Casserole

Small bowl with a spout used to evaporate excess solvents from a sample.

Evaporating Dish

Used to hold hot objects.

Crucible Tong

Flat-surfaced device used for controlled and consistent heating.

Hot Plate

Used to separate mixtures of two liquids with different boiling points.

Distilling Flask

Equipment used to condense vapors.

Condenser

Guides the flow of the distillate to the receiving vessel.

Glass Adapter

Device used to determine temperature.

Thermometer

Clamps used to hold and secure glassware.

Other Types of Clamps

Metal clamp used to hold and secure a buret on a stand.

Buret Clamp

Upright metal rod attached to a heavy metal base to provide stability and support.

Iron Stand

Metal equipment used to secure laboratory clamps.

Clamp Holder

Metal ring with screw clamp to support containers.

Iron Ring

Funnel with perforated plate and a vacuum in the flask underneath the filter.

Buchner Funnel

Büchner flask; thick-walled Erlenmeyer flask with a short glass tube and hose barb.

Filtering Flask

Used to transfer liquids or fine-grained materials into containers with small openings.

Glass Funnel

Three-legged metal frame used as a platform.

Tripod

Triangular wire frame with clay covering used to support crucible when heated over an open flame.

Clay Triangle

Used as a small heat source.

Alcohol Lamp

Used for holding chemicals during heating to very high temperatures.

Porcelain Crucible

Metal heating device connected to a flammable gas source.

Bunsen Burner

Used as passage lines for fluids and gases.

Rubber Tubing

Metal clamp used on a flexible tube to regulate the flow of a fluid through the tube.

Pinchcock

Used to adjust the shape of the flame.

Wing Top

Wire screen with a ceramic fibered center used to spread the heat of the flame.

Wire Gauze

Shallow dish with lid used to culture microorganisms and cells.

Petri Dish

Ceramic or plastic reaction surface containing small wells for spot tests.

Spot Plate

Used to cover a beaker or to hold small amount of solid or liquid while they are being weighed.

Watch Glass

Sealable glass enclosure used for storage or preservation of moisture-sensitive items.

Desiccator

Glass funnel with a tap at the bottom used for parting immiscible liquid components in a mixture.

Separatory Funnel

Substance used to absorb moisture and keep samples dry.

Desiccant

Porcelain plate with holes used as a support or drying surface.

Perforated Porcelain Plate

Tool used to crush, mash or grind materials in a mortar.

Pestle

A vessel in which substances are ground or crushed.

Mortar

A set used together to crush and grind solids.

Mortar & Pestle

Metal tool used for cutting a hole in a cork or rubber stopper.

Cork Borer

Metal tool for scoring and trimming glass rods.

Triangular File

Electric device used to measure hydrogen-ion activity of a solution.

pH Meter

Accurate and precise instrument used to measure weight in quantitative chemical analysis.

Analytical Balance

Instrument used for weight determination that uses beams and riders.

Triple Beam Balance

Cylindrical glass bottles used for precise weighing of solids.

Weighing Bottle