Common Laboratory Apparatus

1. PORCELAIN AND STAINLESS SPATULA

 Scooping solid chemicals

 Used to transfer solid
materials/chemicals from its original
container onto a weighing box. 6. VOLUMETRIC PIPET

 Measuring an exact volume of liquid

and placing it into another container.
 Measuring/ transferring

2. GLASS FUNNEL

 Used to transfer liquids or fine-grained

materials into containers with small
openings.
 Used for filtration.
7. SEROLOGICAL PIPET

 Transferring millimeter volumes of

liquid, from less than 1 ml up to 50 ml.
 Can be sterile, plastic, and disposable or
sterilizable, glass and reusable.
3. STIRRING /GLASS ROD

 Used for stirring and mixing.

8. MOHR BURET
4. THISTLE TUBE
 Small glass tubes with narrow tips on
 For adding chemical solutions to a
one end and a rubber bulb on the
reaction vessel.
other.
 Thistle tubes minimize the risk of a
reaction occurring too quickly and
bubbling over.
 Slows down the reaction.

9. GEISSLER BURET

 Used to deliver a variable but

5. DROPPER PIPET controllable and measurable quantity of
solution.
 Small glass tubes with narrow tips on  Built-in-stopcock at the bottom
one end and a rubber bulb on the
other.
 Drawing liquid that can be squeezed
out in small drops
10. BEAKER

 Use to hold liquids with markings to

measure what it contains (Approximate
measurement)
 For mixing, stirring, and heating
chemicals.