Laboratory Equipment

Laboratory Equipment refers to the various tools and equipment used by scientists working in a laboratory. These include tools such as Bunsen burners, and microscopes as well as speciality equipment such as operant conditioning chambers, spectrophotometers and calorimeters.

Modern laboratory showing a fume cupboard, heated water bath, and glassware

Another important type of laboratory equipment is laboratory glassware such as the beaker or reagent bottle, or even s thermometers. Laboratory equipment is generally used to either perform an experiment or to take measurements and gather data. Larger or more sophisticated equipment is generally called a scientific instrument.

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Wikipedia Laboratory equipment