Common

Laboratory
Apparatuses
Rica Marie S. Moreno

BSFT1-1N
Dr. Evelyn M. Matchete
June 15, 2015

1. Triple Beam Balance

2. Erlenmeyer Flask

Functions:

Functions:

Enables the user to measure the mass of an object by balancing it

with the help of three counterweights of known values.
Triple beam balance scales function by balancing an object with
three counterweightsattached to the scaleto accurately find
the object's weight.

Mixing solutions for chemical

reactions.
Used for drying or vacuuming
chemical product to remove
water.
Used to measure, store, and mix
liquids.
It is suitable for heating liquids.

3. Florence Flask

4. Separatory funnel

Functions:

Functions:
It is used as a container to hold

solutions of chemicals/liquid.
It is designed for uniform
heating, boiling, distillation and
ease of swirling.

5. Tripod

6. Clay Triangle
Functions:

Function:

It is used as a platform to
hold and support
glassware during
experiments and when the
glassware is not in use.

Used in the process of

heating substances by a
Bunsen burner.
It is used in conjunction with
other lab equipment to create
a stable framework in which
to place a substance -usually a solid chemical -while it is heated to a high
temperature.

used to separate two

liquids that usually
are very hard to
separate, for
example,
Oil and Water
(Immiscible).
Separate liquids
which do not dissolve
in one another, and
thus forms layers.

7. Alcohol Lamp

Function:
It is used to channel liquid

Function:

8. Funnel

It serves primarily as a
source for heat for all
kinds of laboratory
activities.

or fine-grained substances into

containers with a small
opening.

9. Test Tube

10. Test Tube Rack

Function:

Used to mix, heat, or store

substances.

Functions:

Keeps tubes in place when they are not being actively used.
It also allow for easy organization during experiments.
Allow for good maintenance of the equipment.

11.Test

Tube

12.Crucible and Cover

Function:

Holder

Functions:

Used to grab test tubes with the far end.

It provides distance when pouring liquids from one test tube to
another, protecting the user from volatile reactions which might
spew out heat, sparks or harmful chemical fumes.
It is obviously designed to hold test tubes but it can also be used
to hold pipettes and stirring rods, etc.

Used to hold small

amounts of chemicals
during heating at high
temperatures.
The cover is designed to
prevent heat escaping
from the crucible itself.

14. Watch Glass

13.Crucible Tongs

Functions:

Used for taking

crucibles out of the
fire.
Used to move
crucibles from the
furnace to another
location.

Functions:

Can serve as lids for flasks and beakers.

Holding small samples for observation under a low-power
microscope.
Used for evaporating liquid off of samples.

15. Evaporating Dish

Function:
Used to evaporate excess solvents to produce a concentrated
solution or a solid precipitate of the dissolved substance.
It is used for evaporation of solids and supernatant fluids, and
sometimes to their melting pont.

16. Water Bath

Functions:

Maintains water at a constant temperature.

It is used in the microbiological laboratory for incubations.

17. Graduated Cylinder

18. Pipette
Functions:

Used to distribute a precise

amount of liquid.
Transport exact volumes of
chemicals or medicine when
accurate measurements are
crucial.

Functions:
Used to measure the volume of a liquid.

Used to determine displacement, which

is a measurement of the change in a
volume of water when additional

materials are added to it.

19. Spatula
Functions:

Used to mix,
spread and lift
material.
For picking up,
transferring and
dispensing small
amounts of solids
such as powders
and granules,
occasionally for
stirring
(combining) powders, and for scraping.

20. Mortar and Pestle

Functions:
Used for grinding and

crushing substances into

a fine paste or powder.
It also used for mixing
substances.