100 Laboratory Equipment Names and Uses

Laboratory equipment is the different tools, instruments and devices used in a laboratory for doing experiments and research work. It is used to measure, observe and handle samples, chemicals and biological specimens in a proper way. It includes measuring instruments, heating and cooling devices, glassware and plasticware, sterilization equipment, microscopes, separation devices, safety equipment and storage items.

List of 100 Laboratory equipment names and uses

1. Autoclave. is used to sterilize media, glassware and instruments by high pressure steam.
2. Incubator. is used to provide controlled temperature for microbial growth.
3. Laminar flow hood. is used to provide sterile work area by filtered air flow.
4. Biological safety cabinet. is used to handle infectious samples safely in controlled airflow.
5. Fume hood. is used to remove hazardous fumes and vapours during chemical work.
6. Microscope. is used to observe cells and microorganisms.
7. Inverted microscope. is used to observe living cells from below in culture plates.
8. Fluorescence microscope. is used to visualize fluorescent stained samples.
9. Slide. is used to hold specimen for microscopic examination.
10. Cover slip. is used to cover the specimen and improve image clarity.
11. Petri dish. is used for culturing microorganisms on agar medium.
12. Agar plate. is used to grow and isolate microbes on solid media.
13. Culture tube. is used to grow microorganisms in broth or slant media.
14. Dilution tube. is used to prepare serial dilutions of samples.
15. Swab. is used to collect sample from surface or body site.
16. Inoculating loop. is used to transfer and streak microorganisms on media.
17. Bacteriological loop. is used for streaking and transferring bacterial culture.
18. Inoculating needle. is used for stab inoculation and deep inoculation.
19. Heat streaker. is used for streaking microbial cultures on agar plates.
20. Microbial colony counter. is used to count colonies grown on agar plates.
21. Bunsen burner. is used to produce flame for heating and tool sterilization.
22. Gas burner. is used as alternative flame source for sterilization and heating.
23. Hot plate. is used for controlled heating of solutions and samples.
24. Heating mantle. is used for heating round bottom flasks uniformly.
25. Water bath. is used to maintain samples at a specific temperature.
26. Heat block. is used to heat tubes at fixed temperature.
27. Dry bath. is used to provide dry heating for tubes and vials.
28. Drying oven. is used to dry glassware and sometimes for dry heat sterilization.
29. UV sterilizer. is used to sterilize surfaces by ultraviolet light.
30. Sterilizer. is used to sterilize equipment by approved method similar to autoclave.
31. Autoclave tape. is used as indicator to show sterilization condition exposure.
32. Autoclave bags. is used to sterilize and dispose contaminated waste.
33. Biohazard waste container. is used to discard hazardous biological waste safely.
34. Sterile pipette tips. is used to prevent contamination during pipetting.
35. Cryopreservation vial. is used to store microorganisms at very low temperature.
36. Refrigerator. is used to store reagents and samples at low temperature.
37. Freezer. is used to store samples at very low temperature.
38. Liquid nitrogen tank. is used to store biological samples at ultra low temperature.
39. Microbial culture storage. is used for long term storage of cultures.
40. Incubator chamber. is used to maintain temperature control space for incubation.
41. Incubator shaker. is used to grow cultures with shaking and temperature control.
42. Shaker incubator. is used to combine shaking with incubation for flask culture.
43. Shaker. is used to provide agitation to samples or culture media.
44. Shaker table. is used for horizontal shaking for mixing.
45. Vortex mixer. is used to mix samples quickly in tubes.
46. Centrifuge. is used to separate sample components by density.
47. Microcentrifuge. is used for spinning microtubes at high speed.
48. Centrifuge tube. is used to hold sample during centrifugation.
49. Microcentrifuge tube. is used for small volume sample in microcentrifuge.
50. Sample homogenizer. is used to break sample and make uniform mixture.
51. Homogenizer. is used to disrupt tissue or cells into smaller particles.
52. Bead mill. is used for cell disruption and homogenization by beads.
53. Ultrasonic cleaner. is used to clean tools and glassware by ultrasonic waves.
54. Vacuum pump. is used to create vacuum for filtration and concentration.
55. Syringe filter. is used to filter sample and remove particulates.
56. Separation funnel. is used to separate liquids based on density difference.
57. Glassware (beaker). is used to hold and mix solutions.
58. Glassware (flask). is used to prepare media and carry out reactions.
59. Analytical balance. is used to measure accurate weight of chemicals.
60. Digital thermometer. is used to measure temperature in lab work.
61. pH meter. is used to measure acidity and alkalinity of solution.
62. Water distiller. is used to produce purified water for lab use.
63. Water purification system. is used to produce high quality water.
64. Deionizer. is used to remove ions from water to avoid contamination.
65. Media preparation unit. is used to prepare and sterilize culture media.
66. Pipette. is used to measure and transfer small volume of liquid.
67. Micropipette. is used to transfer very small accurate volumes.
68. Cell counter. is used to count cells or microorganisms in a sample.
69. Bacterial count chamber. is used to count bacteria under microscope.
70. Densitometer. is used to measure density or concentration of cells/colonies.
71. Spectrophotometer. is used to measure concentration by absorbance of light.
72. Spectrofluorometer. is used to measure fluorescence from samples.
73. Spectroscopic plate reader. is used to measure absorbance/fluorescence in microplates.
74. Spectral scattering system. is used to estimate microorganism concentration by light scattering.
75. Bacterial growth monitor. is used to measure and record growth in real time.
76. PCR machine (Thermocycler). is used to amplify DNA by PCR.
77. Thermal cycler. is used for temperature cycling in PCR process.
78. Nucleic acid extractor. is used to extract nucleic acids automatically.
79. Electrophoresis equipment. is used to separate nucleic acids or proteins by size and charge.
80. Gel electrophoresis apparatus. is used to run gel for nucleic acid/protein separation.
81. Agarose gel. is used as matrix for electrophoresis of nucleic acids.
82. Chromatography column. is used to separate compounds using stationary phase.
83. Gas chromatograph. is used to analyze chemical components in sample.
84. Protein analyzer. is used to measure protein concentration in samples.
85. Cell viability assay kit. is used to measure number of viable cells.
86. Contamination monitoring equipment. is used to detect contamination in sterile area.
87. Environmental monitoring system. is used to monitor and control lab environmental conditions.
88. Air sampler. is used to collect airborne microorganisms for analysis.
89. Sterile enclosure. is used to maintain sterility during processing.
90. Cell culture hood. is used to do cell culture work in sterile airflow.
91. Incubator with CO2 control. is used to maintain CO2 for cell culture.
92. Incubator with humidity control. is used to maintain humidity for growth.
93. Microbial growth chamber. is used to maintain optimum conditions for microbial growth.
94. Microbiological incubator. is used for controlled temperature microbial growth.
95. Cryostat. is used to cut thin sections of sample for microscopy.
96. Microtome. is used to cut very thin slices for microscopic study.
97. Bacterial colony picker. is used to pick colonies in an automated way.
98. Chemical dispensing system. is used to dispense reagents accurately.
99. Microbial biofilm analyzer. is used to measure and analyze microbial biofilms.
100. Fume hood ducts. is used to channel hazardous fumes out from hood.