- To protect the eyes: Safety googles
- For measuring temperature: Thermometer
- For cleaning the inside of a test tube: Wire brush
- For measuring mass: Watch glass
- For removing and holding a hot beaker: Tongs
- To protect the bottom of a beaker or flask from the flame; to support a beaker or flask on a ring clamp: Wire gauze
- For holding a flask, a beaker, or a test tube on a ring stand: Iron ring
- For holding an individual test tube: Test tube holder
- For holding one or more test tubes: Test-tube rack
- For measuring and pouring liquids; NOT for heating or mixing substances: Erlenmeyer flask
- For measuring and pouring liquids; for heating or mixing substances: Beaker
- To aid in pouring a liquid from a wide mouth container to a small-mouth container; to filter substances when filter paper is used: Funnel
- For heating a small amount of substance: Test tubes
- For measuring length or distance: Metric tape
- For transferring a small amount (drops) of liquid: Dropper
- For plucking or handling small objects: Forceps
- To mix or stir substances; made of glass to resist heat, stains, corrosion: Glass stirring
- For heating, sterilization, and combustion: Bunsen burner
- For stirring: Spatula or pipet
- For pulling liquid into a pipette: Microipets
- For holding solids while being weighed, oras a cover for beaker: Spatula
- For making up solutions to a known volume: Gas bottle
SAFETY LABELS
- Substances that made explode under definite conditions. Avoid shock, friction, sparks and heat:
- Substances that can ignite combustible material or worsen existing fires and thus make fire-fighting more difficuls. Keep away from combustible material:
- Spontaneously flammable substances. Avoid contact with air. Highly flammable gases and flammable liquids. Keep away from open fires, sources of heat and sparks:
- Substances that very hazardous to health when breathed, swallowed or in contact with the skin and may even lead to death. Avoid contact with the human body:
- Substances that can destroy living tissue as well as equipment. Do not breathe vapours and avoid contact with the skin, eyes and clothing:
- Symbol that designates substances that may have irritant effects on skin, eyes and respiratory organs. Do not breathe vapours and avoid contact with skin and eyes:
- Substances that when taken up by the body cause slight damage. Avoid contact with the human body, including inhalation of the vapours:
WHAT WILL YOU USE FOR...?
- Holding 100mL of water: Beaker
- Measuring 27mLof líquid: Graduated cylinder
- Measuring exactly 43mL of an acid: Dropper
- Massing out 120g of sodium chloride: Buret
