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Beaker
A simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids.
Graduated Cylinder
Used to measure the volume of a liquid accurately.
Burette
A device used in titration to measure the precise volume of a liquid or gas.
Pipette
Used to transport a measured volume of liquid.
Erlenmeyer Flask
A conical flask used for pouring solutions and may be closed with a stopper in order to store samples.
Volumetric Flask
Used for making liquid solutions of precise volumes.
Test Tube
Used to hold small amounts of substances during heating and for qualitative assessment and comparison.
Test Tube Holder
Used to hold a test tube which is too hot to handle.
Bunsen Burner
Used for heating, sterilization, and combustion in the laboratory.
Petri Dish
A shallow cylindrical glass or plastic lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells or small mosses.
Fume Hood
Used to ventilate toxic or harmful fumes by drawing air out of the laboratory.
Magnetic Stirrer
Used to create a rotating magnetic field that causes a stir bar immersed in a liquid to spin and stir the liquid.
pH Meter
Used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, quantitatively.
Centrifuge
Used to separate particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, and viscosity of the medium and rotor speed.
Spectrophotometer
Used to measure how much a chemical substance absorbs light by measuring the intensity of light as a beam passes through sample solution.
Hot Plate
Used to heat glassware and their contents to required temperatures.
Crucible
Used to heat chemical compounds to very high temperatures using a torch or furnace.
Mortar and Pestle
Used to grind, crush and mix substances into fine powders or pastes.
Distillation Apparatus
Used to separate components of a liquid mixture through heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor.
Refractometer
Measures the extent to which light is bent, or refracted, when it moves from air into a sample.
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