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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.
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A room or a building in
which scientific
investigations are
carried out. It is the
place where we study
science.
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Accidents happen
everywhere including
Science Lab. So how do
we prevent accidents
from happening?
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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.
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Examples of Rules and Safety
Precautions ?
Please print the document
“General Rules and Safety
Precautions” and paste into
your
Exercise Book COVER PAGE.
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COMMON LAB APPARATUS

Do you know all these apparatus??

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Do you know all these apparatus??

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

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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.
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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
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 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  
boCles  /  containers.  

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