Common lab apparatus

• Test tube is a glass tube closed at one end used for mixing, dissolving liquids, solids or solutions to be used for simple chemical tests.
• Vial is a small glass or plastic bottle commonly cylindrical used for storing small amounts of solids and liquid substances.
• Beaker is a deep wide-mouthed, thin-walled cylindrical vessel with calibration and pouring lip used for boiling water or solution if no flask is available.
• Reagent bottle is a glass container with narrow necks closed by stoppers used for storing reagent substances.
• Erlenmeyer flask is a thin-long necked, cone-shaped glass with triangular body and flat bottom used as container for chemical solutions and also used to hold liquids to be heated.
• Florence flask is made of a long-necked thin glass material with rounded body used as reaction vessel and sometimes gas apparatus.
• Volumetric flask is a thin-walled flat-bottom glass flask with long narrow neck used for preparing a desired concentration of solution.
• Graduated cylinder is a glass container with calibrations used to measure liquid volume in the laboratory.
• Pipette is a long graduated glass tube used for accurate measurements of volume when fixed volumes are transferred directly from reagent bottles.
• Burette is a long graduated tube used in volumetric analysis or titration process for measuring accurately definite volume of the liquid samples.
• Medicine dropper is a short glass with one end constricted and the other end fitted with small rubber bulb used to measure liquids by drops.
• Stirring rod is a straight slender glass used to stir solution or a guide to transfer liquid solution.
• Watch glass is a glass material used to cover beaker to prevent contamination of solution.
• Funnel is a hollow cone with a tube extending from the apex used to support filter paper to facilitate introduction of liquid.
• Thermometer is a glass material used for measuring temperature measured in Celsius or Fahrenheit.
• Mortar and pestle are usually ceramics used for grinding solid substances into powder form.
• TRIPOD - a three-legged stand used for supporting apparatus, which does not need to be attached with wire gauze as a support to the vessel containing substances to be heated
• SPATULA - use for spooning out small amounts of solids from the container
• WIRE GAUZE - a thin metal screen with a round asbestos deposited at the center used to support and protect beaker and flask from the direct flame of the burner
• IRON RING - a circular iron mounted on an iron stand to support beakers and other devices and used to hold wire gauze in place
• TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE - a mechanical balance calibrated in grams used to measure the mass of a material with a capacity of 610 g and 0.1 g sensitivity
• IRON STAND - a solid iron rod mounted on a base used to support or mount apparatus
• IRON CLAMP - a solid iron material used to support test tube, flask, or other device
• BUNSEN BURNER - a device used to furnish heat using gas or fuel
• CRUCIBLE TONG - used to handle hot crucibles and evaporating dish
• BURETTE CLAMP -metallic device used to hold burettes in titration.
• ASPIRATOR - materials made of rubber used for cleaning the balance pans and also use to suck liquids into a pipette
• CLAY TRIANGLE - used to support crucibles and other apparatus that needs direct heating
• ALCOHOL LAMP – a glass-bottomed device with metal screw top and cover that is usually filled with denatured alcohol to furnish heat in the laboratory
• TEST TUBE RACK - a wooden device used to keep the supply of test tubes ready for use
• TOP LOADING ELECTRONIC BALANCE – a high performance balance with digital display used to measure the mass of a material of lesser or more than 300 g capacity and 0.1 to 0.001 g readability.
• EVAPORATING DISH - a shallow heat resistant porcelain ware used to evaporate the water from the solution to obtain solid materials
• TEST TUBE HOLDER - a metallic device used to hold test tube safely while being heated, or when a test tube contains corrosive reagent
• CRUCIBLE - a container used for heating or melting small amount of substances that requires extreme heat and temperature