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Chemistry revision sheet (1).Laboratory apparatus and safety symbols

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Grade 9(A+B)

Beaker :Used for holding liquids. Conical flask: Used for titration Test tubes : Used for holding and
and holding liquids. heating liquids and solids.

Filter funnel: Used for filling

burettes ,and filtering with aid of
Round bottomed flask: Used for Flat bottomed flask: Used for
filter paper.
heating liquids. holding liquids.
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Buchner funnel

Vacum flask

Used for filtration1 under suction


Burette : used for delivering an accurate
volume of liquid (0 to 50 cm 3 ).
Dropper : used for dispensing
small amounts of a liquid. It is
Separating funnel or dropping funnel:
especially useful when the
amount to be added is very small
Used for separating liquids or adding a
and needs to be measured
liquid to a flask.
accurately.

cover

Pipette: used for delivering a fixed Gas jar and cover: used for holding
volume of liquid. gases.

Crucible: used for Clock glass :used for Evaporating basin: used Petri dish: used for
heating solids to a high evaporating a small for evaporating a cultivating micro-organisms.
temperature. amount of solution. solution.

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Tongs: used for holding Test tube holder: used Spatula: used for picking
objects particularly if hot. for holding test tubes or up a small quantity of a Stirrer: Used for stirring
boiling tubes. solid. liquids or solutions.

Graduated cylinder: Used Stand and clamp: used Mortar and pestle: used Test tube rack: used for
for delivering an for holding objects in for grinding up holding test tubes.
approximate volume of position. substances.
liquid

Bunsen burner:
Pipe clay triangle: Tripod: used for
Wire gauze: used to
used for heating. used for supporting supporting wire gauze or
spread heat when heating
crucible. pipe –clay triangle.
a flask or beaker.

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 Combustion spoon: Its useful when you want to stop heating a
substance, just quickly remove the spoon from the tube instead of
turning off the flame, which will take time.

It can also be used as a substitute for a test tube when heating small
amounts of substance

Thistle tube: used to add liquid to

beakers of other liquids or sometimes Beehive shelf: used to support a
to other pieces of equipment. receiving jar or tube while a gas is
being collected over water with
a pneumatic trough.

Look at the following picture:

Chemistry teachers:Wafa’Foudeh