Laboratory flask
Laboratory flasks fall into the category of laboratory apparatus known as glassware.
There are several types of laboratory flasks, all of which have different functions within the laboratory. However in all cases they are used to hold liquid substances which are undergoing experimentation.
The most common are listed below:
- Erlenmeyer flask A/K/A Conical flask
- Flat-bottomed flask
- Florence flask A/K/A Round-bottomed flask
- Buchner flask
- Volumetric flask
| Laboratory equipment |
| Agar plate | Aspirator | Bunsen burner | Calorimeter | Colorimeter | Centrifuge | Fume hood | Microscope | Microtiter plate | Plate reader | Spectrophotometer | Thermometer |
| Laboratory glassware |
| Beaker | Boiling tube | Büchner funnel | Burette | Conical measure | Cuvette | Laboratory flasks (Erlenmeyer flask | Florence flask | Volumetric flask | Buchner flask) | Gas syringe | Graduated cylinder | Pipette | Petri dish | Soxhlet extractor | Test tube | Thistle tube | Watch glass |