Laboratory Apparatuses and Their Uses

• Safety Goggles


  Ensure the safety of your eyes
• Lab Coat

  To protect spills and splashes of harmful chemicals
• Gloves

  Work as a barrier between human skin and protect them from burns
• Beakers

  • Cylindrical, have a flat bottom, and a small spout on the top to pour
  • Used to hold, mix, and heat individual chemicals or chemical mixtures
• Round Bottom Flask

  Often used in experiments that require uniform heating or boiling of chemical contents
• Conical Flask

  • to carry out the various experiment in the lab
  • hold the chemicals and swirl around easily
• Condensers

  A piece of laboratory equipment used cause condensation

  (gas-liq)
• Gas Syringe

  Laboratory glassware used to inject or remove a volume of gas from a closed system
• Dropper

  A device used in chemistry labs to transfer extremely small quantities of liquids
• Pipette

  A device that has been calibrated to transfer a very specific volume of liquid from one container to other.
• Bruette

  • Cylindrical tube with a tap at the bottom, usually mounted on a stand with the help of clamps
  • To provide a controlled flow of reagents during their volumetric analysis or titration
• Spatulas


  A tool used to carry, mix, spread, sold or paste (powder) material in the chemistry lab
• Test Tube

  • Cylindrical vessel with a round bottom
  • Hold chemicals during the experiments
• Filter Paper

  • A semi-permeable sheet of paper used in chemistry labs
  • To separate solid impurities or components from a liquid solution
• Funnel

  A cone-shaped devise used to pour the liquids from one vessel to another without the risk of spillage
• Mortar and Pestle


  Ancient tools used to crush and grind ingredients or substances into a powder
• Crucibles

  A ceramic or metal pot like vessel used to melt metals and other solid chemical compounds
• Tongs and Forceps

  Scissor-like tools used to grip and lift object and avoid the risk of getting burnt
• Laboratory Thermometer

  A device that uses to precisely measure temperature or temperature change
• Bunsen Burners

  A type of gas burner designed to provide a single flame with the desired intensity
• Tripod

  A three-legged platform that is used to support vessels while they are being heated on a Bunsen Burner
• Gauze

  A metal wire interwoven sheet that sits between the beaker and the tripod stand
• Evaporating Dish

  A bowl-like apparatus that resembles a crucible but is used to evaporate liquid substances (liq-gas)
• Water Bath

  A device used for heating flammable chemical samples at a constant temperature
• Digital Balance

  A device used to measure the weight of chemical reagents in the chemistry lab
• Stirring Rod

  A glass rod used to stir the liquids or solution in an experiment
• Measuring Cylinder


  To measure the volume of different liquids
• Gas Jar


  A container used for collecting gas from experiments