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2 ： SCIENCE LABORATORY
1. Definition of Science
Laboratory.
2. General Rules & Safety
Precautions.
3. Common Lab Apparatus.
4. Using a Bunsen Burner.
5. Hazard symbols.
 Science laboratory??

A room or a building in
which scientific
investigations are
carried out. It is the
place where we study
science.
 Science laboratory??

Accidents happen
everywhere including
Science Lab. So how do
we prevent accidents
from happening?
 Science laboratory??

Why are Rules and Safety

Precautions made?
1. To avoid accidents to occur
from mishandling certain
materials & apparatus.
2. To obtain the correct results
of the experiments.
 Science laboratory??

Examples of Rules and Safety

Precautions ?

Please print the document

“General Rules and Safety
Precautions” and paste into
your Note Book.
Common lab apparatus

Do you know all these apparatus??

Common lab apparatus

Do you know all these apparatus??

 Using a bunsen burner
Outer cone
Inner cone
Bunsen
Barrel Burner is
Air used to
hole
Collar
heat
Gas jet
substances
 Using a bunsen burner
1. Light up a
match /
lighter
before you
turn on the
gas on the
Bunsen
burner.
Using a bunsen burner
2. Use a test
tube holder
during
heating.
Don’t point
the test tube
towards
anyone
Using a bunsen burner
3. Use a
tripod
stand &
wire gauze
when heating
chemicals in
a beaker /
crucible
Using a bunsen burner

4. Use a
water bath
when
heating
flammable
substances.
 Using a bunsen burner
1. Close the air hole by turning the
collar.
2. Bring a lighted match to the top of
the barrel.
3. Turn on the gas slowly.
4. Adjust the collar until a steady
blue flame is obtained.
5. To obtain smaller flame, close the
air-hole a little or reduce the gas
flow and vice versa.
 Using a bunsen burner
Bunsen burner produces 2 types of flame :-
Yellow colour Blue colour

Air-hole Air-hole
is closed is opened
A lot of soot Less soot

Incomplete Much more

burning HOTTER !!

Luminous Flame Non-Luminous Flame

 Hazard symbols
Some chemicals in the lab are harmful to our body.
Thus, hazard symbols are used to show nature of the
substances. These symbols can be found on the labels
of the chemical bottles / containers.