CHRISTINE JOY C.

BOLIVAR EDSCI 117

 LABORATORY EQUIPMENT MATRIX

Basic Advanced

1. Test Tube  Used to hold 1. Autoclave Autoclaves are also

and mix known as steam
small sterilizers and are
samples. typically used for
 Stirred by healthcare or
tapping the industrial
bottom with applications. An
two fingers. autoclave is a
 Fit into both machine that uses
a centrifuge steam under pressure
and test to kill harmful
tube rack. bacteria, viruses,
 Often used fungi, and spores on
in qualitative items that are placed
analysis inside a pressure
vessel.

2. Beaker  Used to hold 2. Rotary Evaporator Rotary evaporators

varying extract solvents at
volumes of low temperatures
liquid. with a high degree of
 Not used for repeatability and
measuring efficiency. The
volumes as it method of action
is only decreases the
accurate to pressure inside of the
5% round bottom flask
 The spout and increases the
lines up surface area through
nicely with gentle rotation which
the rim of improves process
other time.
glassware
for easy
pouring

3. Microscope A microscope is an 3. Spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer

instrument that is is a device that
used to magnify precisely measures
small objects. The electromagnetic
image of an object is energy at specific
magnified through at wavelengths of lights.
least one lens in the It uses the
microscope. This characteristics of light
lens bends light and energy to identify
toward the eye and colors and determine
makes an object how much of each
appear larger than it color is present in a
actually is. ray of light.