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Lab Equipment Worksheet Name, Students are required to learn the names and functions of various types of equipment that they may use in Chemistry laboratory activities. This worksheet identifies the most common items and describes what they are used for. Attached to this worksheet is a handout “Common Laboratory Equipment” which shows drawings of each item. Part: Description of Lab Equipment [ Name Function Name Function Lab equipment which produces a single open Bunsen burner ‘92s flame, which is sed for heating, sterilization, ‘and combustion Pipestem “Clay” triangle Can be placed onan ron ring to provide a stage for a crucible Device used to evaporate Used for many activities Evaporating dish _| solids ond supersaturated Test tubes, Which requires multiple iiquiés reagents or solutions ‘May be attached to aring Probably the most May be aitached to a ring Beaker Commer vessel for holding | Utility clamp stand and be made fo old fiquigs inthe lab atest tube or : Used in many lab activities ; Often attached toring Ring stand ‘the support feranother | Iron ring stand to use 95 support for ‘apparatus tool used to crush, grind, Mortar & pestle ‘and mix solid substances | Funnel ‘Must be worn for lab ) Often placed overthe iron | Safety goggles ‘ectivites to protect the | Wire gauze fing, to provide a “stage | Leyes. | for beaker Strface t evaporate @ May be used w held Watch glass. Tiquid, to hold solids while | Erlenmeyer flask ee ae being weighed, or as a ean pening cover for a beaker ee Rubber stoppers & Used to contain liquids in sed to handle hot Tongs Deakers and other | Corks | fest tubes and flasks Esa ‘pipette (ais called @ pipet, pipettor or chemical Itis used to dispense i 7 7 dropper) is a laboratory known amounts of a liquid Pipets, Micropipets & Feagent in experiments for Droppers Instasores weestines | Buret Which such precision is volume of liquid Necessary, such as 2 | Asqueeze bottle with @ nozzle, used to rinse various pieces of laboratory glassware, such gifash bottle ‘as test tubes and round Bottom flasks. Graduated cylinder Utration experiment Used to measure the volume of liquids, ‘fle ie a metalworking ‘and woodworking too! ‘container which can withstand high File Usedto cutfine amounts | Crucible & cover temperature and is used ‘of material from a for metal, glass, and. workpiece. ‘pigment production isa flat plate with multiple wells" Used as smal test | 24-well plate tubes Forceps Forceps are a handheld, hinged instrument used fa5grgsping and holding ‘spatula is used to take and handle small The wire brush is primarily Spatula &Scoopula | quantities ofsois brush 20 ee cane rater 7 removing paint, t |_spoon. | | Test-tube rack Used to Folds many et | Thermometer Ueda esau Part I: Explain which piece of laboratory equipment would be most useful for each of the following tasks: 1) Holding 50 mL of boiling water: 2) Melting crystals to make glass: 3) Pouring 50 mL of acid from one container to another: 4) Measuring exactly 43 mL of water: 5) Crushing large chunks of sodium chloridi 6) Adding 10 drops of iodine to a solution: 7) Suspending glassware over a Bunsen bumer. 8) Removing solid iron shavings from a reagent bottle: 9) Keeping the contents of a boiling beaker from splattering: 10) Transferring a hot beaker from a hot plate to cool: 11) _ Notching copper shavings from a solid block: 12) Mixing many different solutions to compare pH: 13-17) Diagram A shows a typical setup for boiling a liquid. In the boxes provided, name the five items used. 18-20) Diagram B shows a typical titration lab setup. In the boxed provided, name the three items used, Diagram B: Chemical 18. 20. Part Ill: Mini-Lab. The best way to become familiar with a chemical apparatus it the actually handle the pieces yourself in the lab. Great emphasis is placed on safety precautions that should be observed whenever you perform an experiment or use certain apparatus. ‘SafBynsen BurnexQemenstration Tongs, Striker/Sparker, Bunsen burner, Tubing, Copper 1. The Bunsen bumer is commonly used as a source of heat in the lab. 17 as Each has a gas inlet located in the base, vertical tubing in which the — gas mixes with air, and adjustable openings or ports in the base of the 2 barrel. These ports admit air to the gas stream. The burners always “<> turned off at the gas valve! Check safety...check all hosing for cracks or holes. Make sure safety goggles are on. Adjust the air ports at the base of the barrel to be 50% open and 50% closed. ‘Turn the gas valve on (referring to a clock = 12:20 or 12:25), and immediately hold the sparker about Scm above the top of the burner and spark. If you have trouble lighting, turn off Bunsen burner, and contact the teacher for assistance. (CAUTION: Improperly burning will produce the poisonous gas Carbon Monoxide) 5. There are 2 types of flame: nonluminous = biue (very little noise), or luminous = yellow. Luminous is seldom used in the lab; itis too cool of a flame and produced Soot on materials being burned due to incomplete combustion. 6. Regulate the flame to about 8 cm above the barrel. Adjust the air ports to obtain a sharply defined inner blue cone. 7. Using forceps and a piece of 10cm copper wire, locate the hottest portion of the flame. Do this by placing the end of the copper wire in the gas closest to the barrel, slowly working your way up the flame. Observe the wire. 8. Shut offthe gas bumer. BeN Answer the following questions. (If you have eny questions about the Bunsen burner contact the teacher.) + What does the safety symbol represent for this portion of the lab? + What was the result of closing the ports? o_Why?, * Where is the hottest portion on the nonluminous flame located? 2_How did you figure this out?, + Why is the nonluminous flame preferred in the chemistry lab over the luminous flame?. Unknown object, electronic scale, triple beam balance Weigh and record the mass in grams of the unknown object using both devices ‘L_Electronic Scale: 2,_Triple Beam Balance: 3._Which apparatus gave you a more accurate measurement? Why do you think so? Colored liquid, graduated cylinder, beaker, flask Record the volume in mL in each apparatus. 4._Liquid volume in graduated cylinder : 5._Liquid volume in beaker: 6._Liquid volume in fiask: ‘L_Which apparatus gave you a more accurate measurement? ‘Why do you think so?, (Or OP a “1 Dh |} i v “ie ww! i gy? FOR TEACHER: LAB SET-UP... KEY POINT: The more accurate measurement will have more calibrations on the apparatus 2 stations of weighing devices © Zee Bpelriwtihces + 2 metal objects (one per station) + Remind students to zero out electronic balance before reading measurement 2 stations for liquid measurements 2 graduated cylinders (100 ml) 2 beakers (150 ml) 2 flasks (200 ml) One drop of food coloring in water Have different measurements for each one Paper towel (in case of spills)

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