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A laboratory or lab is a facility and/or workroom that provides controlled conditions for scientific or technological research, experiments, analysis or measurement, either professional or amateur. Laboratories are generally well defined places, separate from other chambers, with specific guidelines and requirements.
General
Labs are rooms equipped with a variety of scientific instruments, such as glassware, measurement apparatus, workbench, cabinets, fumehoods and sometimes gloveboxes.
Equipment
The most important lab equipment are:
Apparatus
Glassware
By far the most common laboratory glassware is the humble test tube.
Next are all sorts of glass containers, ranging from simple bottles, through beakers, conical flasks, round flasks, even long-necked quantitative measuring flasks.
Probably the most iconic lab glassware is the distillation aparatus, consisting of a boiling flask and a condenser, of which there are many types.
Other
Safety
Working in a lab involves various risks, ranging from workplace injuries to exposure to various dangerous reagents.
