Introduction to the most used and most common laboratory equipment
Laboratory equipment generally consists of all kinds of tools, equipment and devices used in laboratories as well as scientific, research centers and hospitals. This equipment includes a wide range of general and specialized laboratory devices and tools. One of the most important main indicators in choosing laboratory equipment will be their accuracy and high quality in order to perform accurate and sensitive tests.
Laboratory equipment in terms of number and diversity
Laboratory equipment should be specified and prepared according to the list of types of tests that are to be performed in the laboratory and the workload in the laboratory. If the preparation and sending of the sample for testing in the laboratory requires special equipment, it must be prepared by the laboratory manager. The laboratory equipment and tools must be in accordance with the goals and needs predetermined in the laboratory. The basic equipment that must be purchased for the laboratory at the beginning of the establishment must also be attached. Be sure to pay attention to valid performance approvals and safety certificates for laboratory equipment when purchasing.
The segmentation of laboratory equipment
Laboratory devices will be classified into different classes depending on their use. Below are all the categories of laboratory equipment and their names.
🦋Analytical tools: They are tools that are mostly used in research laboratories. Most of these chemistry lab devices will be used in the analysis of different materials and compounds. Examples of these tools are: calorimeter, colorimeter, atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), balance, conductivity meter and others. Clinical laboratory equipment: this device which will be used mostly in clinical areas and often in hospitals. They include chemistry analyzers, blood/gas analyzers, cell counters, coagulation analyzers, and hematology analyzers.
🦋 Laboratory glass containers: Laboratory materials are used for measuring, piping, transferring, preparing reagents and storing. They include beakers, bottles, condensers/distillers, flasks, glass washers/dryers, funnels, test tubes, and vials. They help. They are cryostats, coverslips, mounting stations, smears, and texture processors.
🦋Microscope: An instrument that will be used to magnify small objects. They are divided into five types, compound microscope, stereo microscope, metallurgical microscope, inverted microscope and polarizing microscope. Biotechnology/Life Science: It includes processes such as capillary electrophoresis, osmometer, electrophoresis, DNA synthesizer, electrophysiology. and electroporation.
🦋General laboratory equipment: includes block digesters, baths/circulators, refrigerators, centrifuges, dryers, flowmeters, environmental growth chambers, freezers, steam hoods and ovens. such as gloves, clothing, chemicals, laboratory coating, purification supplies, cuvettes, labels, lamps and plastic containers. and analytes are used in microplate wells. A microplate consists of small wells in which separate reactions take place. High Performance Liquid Chromatography: This instrument will detect very small amounts of solvents and separate a wide range of chemical mixtures. and its parts include pumps, columns, injectors, detectors and computer analyzers. Gas Chromatography (GC): It is a tool used to measure the moles of substances in a liquid sample or the concentration of components in a gaseous sample. will be. Parts such as gas section, sample, column injector and detector.
🦋Antibodies/reagents: These are the same as cytokine media, cell culture, enzymes and biochemical materials.
🦋Pumps Laboratory: Laboratory pumps are divided into two main types of suction and displacement pumps. Vacuum equipment: They are usually used in the construction of water pumping, cathodes, welding, food storage, practical sterilization and many other cases. take Some of the parts of this tool are valves, gauges, pumps and filters. Laboratory hoods and chambers: It is defined to prevent contamination in the laboratory with smoke or gases caused by chemical reactions.
🦋Imaging equipment: They will help produce an image of objects through light on a sensitive surface like films.
🦋Labeling: It helps to identify different devices and samples in the laboratory.