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| Beaker: Glass or plastic; common sizes are 50-mL, 100-mL, 250-mL, 400-mL; glass beakers may be heated. |
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Mortar and pestle: Porcelain, may be used to grind crystals and lumpy chemicals to a powder.
Note: The mortar is the bowl. The pestle is the... um... other thing. |
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| Crucible and cover: Porcelain, used to heat small amounts of solid substances at high temperatures. |
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| Watch glass: Glass, used to cover an evaporating dish or beaker. |
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| Evaporating dish: Porcelain, used to contain small volumes of liquid being evaporated. |
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| Pneumatic trough: Galvanized container with shelf, used in experiments where a gas is collected. |
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| Florence flask: Glass, common sizes are 125-mL, 250-mL, 500-mL, may be heated, used in making and for storing solutions. |
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| Wide-mouth bottle: Glass, used with pneumatic trough. |
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| Plastic wash bottle: Flexible plastic, squeeze sides to dispense water. |
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| Dropper pipet: Glass tip with rubber bulb, used to transfer small volumes of liquid. |
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| Funnel: Glass or plastic, common size holds 12.5-cm diameter filter paper. |
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| Ring stand: Metal rod fixed upright in a heavy metal base; has many uses as a support. |
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Erlenmeyer flask: Glass, common sizes are 100-mL, 250-mL; may be heated, used in titrations.
Note: It is not spelled "erlmeyer" even though that is how Ms. Fox pronounces it :/ |
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| Rubber stoppers: Several sizes. |
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Safety goggles: Plastic; must be worn at all times while working in the laboratory.
Note: If you don't know what these are, then you are seriously screwed. |
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| Glass rod with nichrome wire: Used in flame tests. |
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| Spatula, scoopula: Metal or porcelain; used to transfer solid chemicals; the scoopula has a larger capacity. |
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| Test tube holder: Spring metal, used to hold test tubes or glass tubing. |
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| Clay triangle: Wire frame with porcelain supports, used to support a crucible. |
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| Rubber tubing: Used to connect apparatus so as to transfer liquids or gases. |
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| Crucible tongs: Iron or nickel, used to pick up and hold small items. |
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| Test tube brush: Bristles with wire handle, used to scrub small diameter glassware. |
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| Filtration flask, buchner funnel: Used with vacuum for rapid filtering. |
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| Wire gauze: Used to spread the heat of a burner flame. |
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| Triangular file: Metal, used to scratch glass tubing prior to breaking to desired length. |
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Burner: (There's no description that I can find on the sheet, so I'll improvise.) YAY! FIRE! BURN! May be replaced with an oxy-acetylene torch for extra fun. Do not combine with gasoline, unless you are far away (in which case, feel free).
Actually though, in case you somehow weren't aware, it's used to heat stuff. It's connected with rubber tubing to a gas source, and the burner itself is made of metal. You are supposed to light the match and hold it over the burner before you turn on the gas. |
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| Test tube rack: Wood or plastic, holds test tubes in a vertical position. |
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| Test tubes: Glass, common sizes small (13mm x 100mm), medium (20mm x 150mm), large (25mm x 200mm), may be heated. |
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| Graduated cylinder: Glass or plastic, common sizes are 10-mL, 50-mL, 100-mL, used to measure approximate volumes; must not be heated. |
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| Gas collecting tube (Eudiometer): Glass, marked in mL intervals; used to measure gas volumes. |
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| Volumetric pipet: Glass, common sizes are 10-mL, 25-mL, used to measure solution volumes accurately, must not be heated. |
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Thermometer: Mercury in glass, common range -10°C to 110°C.
Note: Thermometers used to contain mercury. These days, they just contain alcohol that's been dyed red. |
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| Screw clamp, pinch clamp: Metal, used to block off rubber tubing. |
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| Buret/test tube clamp: May be fastened to support apparatus. |
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| Clamp holder: May be fastened to support apparatus. |
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| 3-pronged jaw clamp: May be fastened to support apparatus. |
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Double buret clamp: May be fastened to support apparatus.
Note: Used in titrations. |
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| Ring clamp: May be fastened to support apparatus. |
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| Forceps: Metal, used to hold or pick up small objects. |
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| Buret: Glass; common sizes are 25-mL, and 50-mL; used to measure volumes of solutions in titrations. |
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| Condenser: Glass; used in distillation procedures. |
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Stirring rod and rubber policeman: Glass with rubber sleeve; used to stir, assist in pouring liquids, and for removing precipitates from a coontainer.
Note: The thingy on the bottom is the rubber policeman, the long thing above that is the stirring rod. |
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| Graduated pipet: Glass, common sizes are 10-mL, 25-mL; used to measure solution volumes; less accurate than a volumetric pipet. |
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Pipet bulb: Rubber, used in filling a pipet with a solution, a pipet must never be filled by mouth.
Note: No shit, Sherlock... |
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Platform balance: Also known as a triple beam balance.
Note: Used to measure the mass of... stuff. |
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