This piece of glassware is used to carry out reactions and heat liquids, but you wouldn't want to use it for precise measurements.
What is a beaker?
This piece of equipment utilizes natural gas to provide a flame for heating substances in the lab.
What is a Bunsen burner?
This is an extremely important first step before ever stepping foot into a lab environment.
What is putting on safety goggles?
The woman pictured here is using this piece of equipment to remove harmful or unpleasant fumes while conducting her experiment.
What is a fume/vent hood?
This common measurement device should never be used to stir mixtures.
This slim item comes in various sizes and is usually used in groups. It also comes with a special holder.
What are test tubes?
This handy tool is used to help measure and transfer solids from the original container to your equipment.
What is a scoopula or spatula?
Having a clean lab station is not only convenient, it can also protect anyone that does not know what experiments have previously taken place. This is the penalty in Mr. Edwards' lab for not cleaning up after completing a lab.
What is a 15% deduction for everyone in the lab group?
This is Pusheen the cat. She is Pusheen the limits with lab safety by performing at least two of these incorrect lab procedures.
What is:
1. Not using safety goggles
2. Work station is cluttered/equipment too close to edges.
3. Leaving a chemical spilled
4. Working without supervision/partner
5. Not wearing proper footwear (probably)
These two letters do not appear in any element on the periodic table.
What are J & Q?
When using a graduated cylinder, this is where you read the exact volume of a liquid.
What is the meniscus?
When using this item, it is important not to pour liquid into it too quickly to avoid overflowing.
What is a funnel?
When you are finished working with chemicals in the lab, this is something you should NEVER do unless instructed to do so.
What is pouring chemicals down the drain?
Andy is demonstrating using this piece of lab safety equipment.
What is an emergency eye wash station?
This lab safety item should be used if a person or their clothing has caught on fire.
What is a fire blanket?
This ceramic item is used to heat solids at very high temperatures. It usually comes with a lid as well.
What is a crucible?
This older, manual piece of equipment is used to measure the mass of samples. It is often incorrectly called a scale.
What is a triple beam balance?
According to the Crash Course video, this is an unsafe and improper way to use a pipette.
Hint: He mentioned his colleague doing this twice with HCl.
What is pipetting by mouth?
You should do this before heating up the pictured Erlenmeyer flask.
What is uncorking it?
Alfred Nobel (creator of the Nobel Prize) is famous for this chemically reactive invention.
What is dynamite?
A watch glass is a multipurpose piece of equipment in a chem lab. Along with covering a beaker, weighing out solids, and heating small amounts of substance, it can also be used to do this.
What is evaporating liquids?
Also known as a clay triangle, this item is used to hold a crucible while it is being heated.
What is a pipestem?
You should never stick your nose in a bottle to sniff a chemical. At best, the bad smell sticks with you all day. At worst, you could end up in the hospital for overexposure to certain chemicals. You should use this technique instead of sniffing.
What is wafting?
This type of hazard is indicated by the blue diamond.
What is a health hazard?
Though we have gotten close experimentally, scientists have never been able to create an environment at -273.15 oC, also known as this.
What is absolute zero?