Laboratory equipment is a general term for the various instruments, containers and other tools needed for operation, synthesis, and analysis in various laboratories. The equipment helps researchers to observe, test, experiment or analyze data to confirm the authenticity or rationality of scientific hypotheses. According to the scope of application, laboratory equipment can be divided into general equipment and specialized equipment.
General laboratory equipment includes freezers, incubators, shakers, analytical balances, pipettes, pH meters, microscopes, consumables, etc. More specialized laboratory equipment includes autoclave, cell culture equipment, PCR machine and mass spectrometer, flow cytometer, imaging system, analysis software, etc. With the rapid development of technology, more and more innovative automatic instruments have come out to solve experimental problems with their unique design, complete functions, and simple operation.
