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Alcohol lamps have many uses.

They are used to heat objects in laboratories as well as


in the repairing of pens. They give off a smokeless flame, which is also residue-free.
They also are used to provide light.
Alcohol lamps are usually found in biology labs where they do innoculations of bacteria
cultures. It heats the wire loop on a stick that they use to spread the bacteria on the
growth medium, which will prevent contamination to the cultures. They are more
portable than Bunsen burners but burn at a lower temperature.

Bunsen burner is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open
gas flame, which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. It was named after
Robert Bunsen. It is used frequently in the laboratory as a source of heat.The device in
use today safely burns a continuous stream of a flammable gas such as natural
gas (which is principally methane) or a liquefied petroleum gas such as propane, butane,
or a mixture of both.
A dropper is used to dispense small amounts of a liquid. It is especially useful when the
amount to be added is very small and needs to be measured accurately.
Hanging drop preparations can be observed for a long time becausthey do not dry up
very quickly. Thus, motility of an organisim can be or observed.

Petri dishes are often used to make agar plates for microbiology studies. The dish is
partially filled with warm liquid containing agar and a mixture of specific ingredients
that may include nutrients, blood, salts, carbohydrates, dyes, indicators, amino
acids and antibiotics. After the agar cools and solidifies, the dish is ready to receive a
microbe-laden sample in a process known as inoculation or "plating."

A stirring rod or stir rod is a piece of laboratory equipment used to mix chemicals and
liquids for laboratory purposes. They are usually made of solid glass, about the thickness
and slightly longer than a drinking straw, with rounded ends.
An autoclave is a device used to sterilize equipment and supplies by subjecting them to
high pressure saturated steam at 121 C for around 1520 minutes depending on the
size of the load and the contents.
[1]
It was invented by Charles Chamberland in
1879,
[2]
although a precursor known as the steam digester was created by Denis Papin in
1679.
[3]
The name comes from Greek auto-, ultimately meaning self, and
Latin clavis meaning keya self-locking device
A laboratory centrifuge is a piece of laboratory equipment, driven by a motor, which
spins liquid samples at high speed. There are various types of centrifuges, depending on
the size and the sample capacity.
Like all other centrifuges, laboratory centrifuges work by the sedimentation principle,
where the centripetal acceleration is used to separate substances of greater and lesser
density.
Durham tubes are used in microbiology to detect production of gas by microorganisms.
They are simply smaller test tubes inserted upside down in another test tube. This small
tube is initially filled with the solution in which the microorganism is to be grown. If gas
is produced after inoculation and incubation, a visible gas bubble will be trapped inside
the small tube. The initial air gap produced when the tube is inserted upside down is
lost during sterilization, usually performed at 121C for 15 or so minutes. The method
was first reported in 1898 by British microbiologist Herbert Durham.
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an incubator is a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures orcell
cultures. The incubator maintains optimal temperature, humidity and other conditions
such as the carbon dioxide (CO
2
) and oxygen content of the atmosphere inside.
Incubators are essential for a lot of experimental work in cell
biology, microbiology and molecular biology and are used to culture both bacterial as
well as eukaryotic cells.
The use of the spatula varies. In dental offices and some laboratories, spatulas are used
to apply molds. Spatulas can also be used to prepare slides for microscope viewing. You
can also use a spatula to scrape away reside chemical substances from bottles.
A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece
oflaboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing,
open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom.
A beaker is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in
many laboratories. Beakers are generally cylindrical in shape, with a flat bottom.
[1]
Most
also have a small spout (or "beak") to aid pouring as shown in the picture. Beakers are
available in a wide range of sizes, from one millilitre up to several litres.
Centrifuge tubes are conical tubes of various sizes made of plastic or glass material.
They are mainly used in micro-centrifuges in molecular biology laboratories and vary in
capacity.
An Erlenmeyer flask, also known as a conical flask, is a widely used type of laboratory
flask which features a flat bottom, a conical body, and a cylindrical neck.
[1]
It is named
after the German chemistEmil Erlenmeyer, who created it in 1860.
[2]
Erlenmeyers are
used in chemistry labs for titration, e.g. for pH, as they can be held and the contents
mixed single-handed leaving the other hand free to add reagent.
[4]
Erlenmeyer flasks are
extremely useful in the lab setting for stirring the contents by hand by swirling the flask,
as the tapered neck prevents spillage of the contents.
Erlenmeyer flasks are suitable for heating liquids, e.g. with a Bunsen burner.
An inoculation loop, also called a smear loop, inoculation wand ormicrostreaker, is a
simple tool used mainly by microbiologists to retrieve an inoculumfrom a culture of
microorganisms. The loop is used in the cultivation of microbes on plates by transferring
inoculum for streaking.
The wire forms a small loop with a diameter of about 5 mm. The loop of wire at the tip
may be made of platinum or nichrome, the latter being inferior but less expensive. This
loop removes a consistent amount of the liquid suspended inoculum by using the
phenomenon of surface tension.
The inoculation loop is sterilized in a fire until it becomes hot before and after each use.
By doing this, the same tool can be reused in different experiments without fear of
cross-contamination. After flame sterilization, the loop must be cooled so that the next
cells the loop touches are not killed by the hot metal.
A test tube rack is used for holding tubes of tested substances. This is a small rack with
holes across it so you can slide the test tubes into place. These are often used in science






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