Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments

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Recommended Laboratory Glassware ............................................................................................

Description Qty notes

Beaker, 50 mL 1Useful as a weighing boat, for making up small amounts of solutions, and so on.

Beaker, 150 mL 6Most generally useful size for typical home lab work; can substitute 250 mL.

Beaker, 250 mL 2Use when a 150 mL beaker isn’t quite large enough.

Beaker, 600 mL 1Useful for making up stock solutions, for general mixing, as an ice bath, and so on.

Bottle, storage, amber glass *

As required; use to store stock solutions; choose appropriate sizes from 25 mL to

500 mL.

Bottle, wash, 500 mL 1 Use to store and dispense distilled water for making up solutions, rinsing glassware,

and so on.

Burette, 50 mL 1Use for titrations, standardizing solutions, and so on.

Crucible with cover 1+To fit clay triangle described in equipment section.

Cylinder, graduated, 10 mL 1Use for fast, moderately accurate measurement of liquids.

Cylinder, graduated, 100 mL 1

Use for fast, moderately accurate measurement of liquids and as a substitute

volumetric flask.

Dish, evaporating 1Porcelain or Pyrex glass.

Flask, Erlenmeyer, 250 mL 2Most generally useful size for typical home lab work.

Flask, Erlenmeyer, 500 mL 1 Use as reaction vessel for larger-scale experiments, as a distillation vessel, gas-

washing bottle, and so on.

Flask, volumetric, 100 mL 1Use for making up solutions accurately.

Funnel, general-purpose 1+Assorted sizes useful; may be glass or plastic (resistant to boiling temperatures).

Pipette, eyedropper, glass 3+Use with solvents that would damage polyethylene Beral pipettes.

Pipette, Beral, disposable 10+Use for microscale procedures, as a substitute burette, and so on.

Pipette, Mohr or serological, 1.0 mL 1+Use for microscale titrations and for exact measurement of small quantities of liquids.

Pipette, Mohr or serological, 10.0 mL1+Use for microscale titrations and for exact measurement of small quantities of liquids.

Plate, reaction 1+Use for microscale procedures; choose 24-well transparent plastic or ceramic model.

Rod, stirring, glass 3+Use for stirring and to prevent bumping when boiling solutions.

Tubes, capillary 12+Use for chromatography spotting.

Tube, test 12+16 x 150 mm or 18 x 150 mm.

Tubing, flint glass, 5 mm 112" or 300 mm; use for building apparatuses.

Watchglass 1+Large enough to cover 250 mL and 600 mL beakers.