Chemistry Vocab

4. a slender tube attached to or incorporating a bulb, for transferring or measuring out small quantities of liquid, especially in a laboratory.
6. a knife with a small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade, as used by a surgeon.
8. a type of flask used as an item of laboratory glassware.
10. a small adjustable gas burner used in laboratories.
12. a tall narrow container with a volume scale used especially for measuring liquids.
14. a fine mesh of thin wires woven closely together
18. a ventilated enclosure in a chemistry laboratory, in which harmful volatile chemicals can be used or kept.
20. cleansing solution for a person's eye.
22. a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient

1. fireproof or flameproof material for use in smothering small fires.
2. a graduated glass tube with a tap at one end, for delivering known volumes of a liquid, especially in titrations.
3. a metal stand consisting of a long upright rod attached to a heavy rectangular base that is used with rings and clamps for supporting laboratory apparatus.
5. a portable device that discharges a jet of water, foam, gas, or other material to extinguish a fire.
7. a lipped cylindrical glass container for laboratory use.
9. a protective or decorative garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back.
11. a container of water heated to a given temperature, used for heating substances placed in smaller containers.
12. protecting the eyes from glare, dust, water, etc.
13. a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan
15. A safety shower is a piece of equipment designed to wash any chemicals that may have come into contact with the skin or clothing in a chemical spill.
16. an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye.
17. a flat ceramic or plastic plate containing small wells on which spot tests are made.
19. a flat heated surface (or a set of these), typically portable, used for cooking food or keeping it hot.
21. a thin glass tube closed at one end, used to hold small amounts of material for laboratory testing or experiments.