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Unit 1 notes LT 2: Lab Terms

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  • Beaker
    • Used for stirring, mixing, or heating liquids.
  • Erlenmeyer Flask
    • Used to mix, heat, and store liquids. These flasks are not used to accurately measure volumes of liquids.
  • Pipette
    • Come in various sizes and are used to transport accurate volumes of liquids.
  • Pipette Bulb
    • Pipet bulbs are used to draw liquids into the pipet.
  • Burette
    • Is used to dispense accurate volumes of liquids.
  • Graduated Cylinder
    • Used to measure volumes. To accurately read the volume of a liquid, read the bottom of the meniscus.
  • Test Tube
    • Used to hold, mix or heat very small amounts of solids or liquids.
  • Test Tube Rack
    • Test tube racks hold and help organize test tubes during experiments.
  • Test Tube Holder (Tongs)
    • Is used to hold a test tube when it’s hot or when it’s not safe to use the hands.
  • Ring Stand
    • Provides a safe base to hold and clamp glassware and pieces of lab equipment.
  • Wire Gauze
    • Placed over the ring clamp to support beakers and flasks over a flame
  • Clay Triangle
    • Used to support a funnel or crucible with an iron ring
  • Crucible Tongs
    • Hold Crucibles only. They have long handles and the tips are serrated to give better grip.
  • Crucible and Cover
    • Small porcelain container used to heat substances to very high temperatures.
  • Evaporating Dish
    • This is used to get the water out of a solution, evaporate out the water. The watch glass is placed on top to prevent spilling.
  • Watch Glass
    • Used as a surface to evaporate liquids, to hold solids that are being weighed, or to cover beakers.
  • Wash Bottle
    • Used in the clean up phase of an experiment.
  • Volumetric Pipette
    • To transfer that volume of liquid for use in creating a solution or dilution.
  • Volumetric (Florence) Flask
    • Used as a surface to evaporate liquids, to hold solids that are being weighed, or to cover beakers.
  • Temperature and Pressure Probes
    • Measure the stagnation pressure, the static pressure, and the flow angle within a fluid stream.
  • Barometer
    • To measure atmospheric pressure
  • Funnel
    • Used to channel liquids into containers that have small openings.
  • Test Tube brush
    • Used to clean test tubes and graduated cylinders.
  • Glass Stirring Rod
    • Used to stir and decant solutions.
  • Bunsen burner
    • Used to heat solutions and other chemicals in the lab.
  • Forceps
    • Used to pick up small items.
  • Ring Clamp
    • Attached to the ring stand to support and hold glassware such as crucibles beakers
  • Mortar and Pestle
    • A bowl made of ceramic to crush and grind soils.
  • Spatula
    • Transport and distribute dry chemical compounds
  • Scoopula
    • Utensil used in chemistry to \n transfer solids.
  • Rubber Stoppers
    • These come in all different shapes and sizes and they are used to seal off a container.
  • Tripod
    • Lab a piece of equipment that supports other equipment like the clay triangle or wire mesh that can be used of the ring stand.
  • Beaker Tongs
    • These are used to carry hot beakers after heating.