Baldonado, Lesley Joy T.

BS Physics 2

SOME IMPORTANT LABORATORY APPARATUSES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Round-bottomed flask

-used to contain chemicals when preparing gases

in a process which requires heating

Graduated cylinder

-used to measure the volume of a liquids,

chemicals or solutions during the lab daily work
 Separatory funnel

-used for separating liquids with different

densities
-used to dispense liquids into other container,
usually as part of an extraction process
-used when you need a controlled flow rate, but
not the measuring accuracy of a burette or
pipette

Vacuum adapter

-used in a distillation set-up: it connects to

the lower end of the condenser and serves to
direct the distilled liquid into the receiving
flask
 Claisen adapter

-used to connect a round bottom flask to a

condenser
-used to accept a thermometer adapter for
temperature measurements in a distillation
-used in situations which require more than one
outlet from a round-bottom flask

Inlet thermometer adapter

- usually used in a distillation apparatus with

a thermometer or bleeding tube
-placed on a 3-way distillation adapter to
monitor the vapor temperature
-can be placed on a multi way boiling flask used
as a syringe port
Erlenmeyer flask

- used to contain liquids and for mixing,

heating, cooling, incubation, filtration,
storage, and other liquid-handling processes

Cork ring

- used to hold round bottom flasks, beakers and

other glass containers snuggly to ensure against
breakage
Pasteur pipette

-used to transfer liquids and samples during

laboratory

Distilling column

-an essential item used in the distillation of

liquid mixtures to separate the mixture into its
component parts, or fractions, based on the
differences in volatilities.