CHEM181 CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS – LABORATORY

Activity 1: Common
Laboratory Apparatus
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Objectives
1. To familiarize the different apparatuses used in the Chemistry Laboratory.
2. To determine the use of the different apparatuses used in Chemistry Laboratory.

Instructions
Draw the laboratory apparatus.

APPARATUS ILLUSTRATION DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTION

An acid burette is a glass

container with calibrated
1. Acid Burette markings, utilized within
laboratory settings to precisely
measure and dispense liquids.

This laboratory apparatus is

employed to link ground glass
joint glassware components
together, connect them to a
2. Adapter
vacuum source or water
aspirator, and direct liquids from
a condenser to a receiving flask
during distillation.

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 This laboratory tool is employed
to generate an exposed flame.
Typically crafted from glass, it can
3. Alcohol Lamp alternatively be fashioned from
brass, aluminum, or stainless
steel. It is also called alcohol
burner or spirit lamp.

This laboratory apparatus finds

its application in analytical
chemistry for both dispensing
varying quantities of a chemical
4. Alkali/Base solution and simultaneously
Burette measuring those quantities. Base
burets are utilized specifically
with base titrants, primarily in
titrations involving acidic
analytes.

This cylindrical receptacle, made

from borosilicate glass, serves as
5. Beaker
a container for holding both
solid and liquid substances.

6. Bunsen It serves as a heating apparatus

in laboratory experiments.
Burner

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Burette/buret It is an essential tool to hold a

clamp glass burette during titration.
 This heat-resistant instrument is
employed to isolate the Bunsen
7. Clay Flame Shield burner flame from its
surroundings and also functions
as a support for materials during
heating.

This laboratory apparatus plays

a crucial role in the procedure of
heating substances. It is utilized
alongside a clay shield to
8. Clay Triangle
establish a stable framework for
holding a substance, typically a
solid chemical, while subjecting it
to high temperatures.

This apparatus is utilized to

facilitate the conversion of
9. Condenser heated vapors into liquids
through the process of
condensation during distillation.

It is utilized to handle heated

substances with safety
10. Crucible Tong
precautions at significantly high
temperatures.

It is an electronic device utilized

for measuring the weight of 1
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11. Digital Balance substances down to the milligram
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12. Distilling Flask
13. Dropper
14. Erlenmeyer Flask
15.Evaporating Dish
16. Florence Flask
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It is a piece of laboratory
equipment that is used to
separate mixtures of two liquids
with different boiling points.
It is used to transfer small
quantities of liquids.
This apparatus is utilized in
laboratory settings to store and
mix chemicals.
This laboratory glassware item is
utilized to evaporate surplus
solvent within a solution, often
water, resulting in either a
concentrated solution or a solid
precipitate of the dissolved
substance.
It is a type of flask designed for
uniform heating, boiling,
distillation and ease of swirling.
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 It is utilized to guide liquids or
17. Funnel finely-grained substances into
containers featuring small
openings.

It finds application in laboratories

18. Glass Rod/ for the purpose of blending
Stirring Rod chemicals and liquids.

It is a hollow tube made of glass

19. Glass Tubing that is used to connect other
pieces of lab equipment.

It is utilized to accurately
20. Graduated determine the volumes of liquids.
Cylinder

Iron clamp It is a piece of laboratory

equipment that is used to hold
things in place

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 It is used to secure or uphold
21. Iron ring beakers during experiments, while
attached to the iron stand.

It is used to provide support for

the iron ring when heating
22. Iron stand substances or mixtures in a flask
or beaker.

It is a precisely calibrated
23. Pipette laboratory instrument utilized for
transferring a measured volume of
liquid from one container to
another.

It is used to draw liquids in

24. pipettes.
Aspirator/pipettor

A thick-walled Erlenmeyer flask

with a short glass tube protruding
about an inch from its neck. This
25. Suction Flask flask is an efficient tool in the
laboratory used to filter liquid
from solid.

It is used for heating small

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26. Test tube
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amounts of liquids or solids with
a Bunsen burner or alcohol
burner and is used for reacting
substances.
Test tube clamp It is attached to an iron stand and
used to hold test tubes in place
during heating operations and/or
reactions.

It is a brush used for cleaning

27. Test tube test tubes and laboratory glass
brush wares with narrow mouth such
as test tubes and flasks.

It is used to secure a test tube in

28. Test tube position when the tube is hot or
holder should not be touched.

It is used to hold upright

multiple test tubes at the same
time. It is most commonly used
when various different solutions
29. Test tube rack are needed to work with
simultaneously, for safety
reasons, for safe storage of test
tubes, and to ease the transport
of multiple tubes.

It is used to measure
temperatures or temperature
30. Laboratory changes with a high degree of
Thermometer precision.

It is used to incubate samples in

32. Water bath
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water at a constant
temperature over a long period of
time. It is also used to enable
certain chemical reactions to occur
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It is a bottle with a nozzle that can

be easily squeezed. It is used to
33. Wash Bottle rinse various pieces of laboratory
glass wares.
 It is used for evaporating liquids,
supporting solids during weighing,
34. Watch glass heating small quantities of
substances, and serving as a cover
for a beaker.

It is positioned on the support

ring, which is connected to the
retort stand, between the Bunsen
35. Wire Gauze burner and the beakers. Its
purpose is to provide support for
beakers, glassware, or flasks while
they are being heated.

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