Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Buret
This informative site defines what a buret is and how it is used when doing a titration. Excellent pictures of the buret and the titration process.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Analytical Balance
Use this site to learn how analytical balances are used when you need a high degree of precision. Find out the proper use and care of this very sensitive instrument. Requires QuickTime plug-in for some features.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Mass Spectrometry: How to Weigh an Atom
It's hard enough to weigh something as itty bitty as atoms or molecules. Factor in that they're careening by faster than Jeff Gordon on steroids, and you get an idea what scientists are up against. Using comet particles from NASA's...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Lab Equipment
In the following lesson students will be introduced to general and specialized lab equipment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Scientific Methods Equipment for Chemistry
Given laboratory investigation scenarios, students will determine the equipment that best fits the procedure.
Yale University
Yale University: General Chemistry Lab Techniques: Burets
Tutorial shows proper procedure for handling a buret and using this piece of laboratory equipment to measure liquid volume. View accompanying video full-length [18:00] or in segments.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: P H Meter Analog
Use this site to find out what a pH meter is and how to use it in this informative and concise site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Digital P H Meter
This site explains how a digital pH meter uses an electrode to measure the pH of a solution Find out how to use this instrument in this informative site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Flasks, Beakers, & Graduated Cylinders
Find out the uses for Erlenmeyer flasks and beakers and graduated cylinders in this informative site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Pipet
A concise but informative explanation of what a pipet is and how to use a pipet bulb.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Top Loading Balance
Use a top loading balance to weigh solid material when a precision of 0.1 is adequate. Find out how to operate this instrument in this concise site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Repipet
Learn what a repipet is and how it is used in this brief but informative site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Volumetric Flask
What is a volumetric flask? What does it look like? How is it used? These questions are answered in this concise and informative site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Spectronic 20 Analog
This site explains how a Spec. 20 spectrometer measures the amount of visible light absorbed by a colored solution. Requires QuickTime plug-in for some features.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Digital Spectrometer
This site explains how a digital spectrometer measures the amount of visible light absorbed by a colored solution.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Scanning Spectrometer
The scanning spectrometer measures absorbance vs. wavelength for liquid samples. Directions on how to use this instrument are provided here.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (Ft Icr)
FT-ICR is a powerful type of mass spectrometry, co-invented by the Magnet Lab's Alan Marshall, particularly suited to identifying heavy molecules. (Java tutorial)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Mass Spectrometer (Dual Sector)
Mass spectrometers are machines that give scientists a look at the composition and origin of a material by analyzing and quantifying its atoms and molecules. This tutorial shows how a dual sector mass spectrometer works. (Java tutorial)
Other
Santa Monica College: Chemistry Laboratory Common Equipment
Check out some photos and names of common lab equipment students encounter in Chemistry class.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Mass Spectrometer (Single Sector)
Mass spectrometers are machines that give scientists a look at the composition and origin of a material by analyzing and quantifying its atoms and molecules. This tutorial shows how a single sector mass spectrometer works. (Java tutorial)
Science Struck
Science Struck: Compound Microscope: Basics, Functionality, and Uses
Explains what a compound microscope is, the different parts, how it works, and what it is used for.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Types of Microscopes and Their Uses
Discusses the importance of the microscope to scientists and the many different types and what they are used for.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Laboratories
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes a scientific laboratory, lab equipment, and lab safety.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Laboratories
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about science laboratories, the types of equipment that are used in them, and about safety guidelines in a laboratory.