| A | B |
| Bulb-shaped bottom chamber with narrow neck | Volumetric flask |
| Used to prepare accurate solutions | Volumetric flask |
| Used to pipet accurate amounts | Volumetric pipet |
| Used to pipet < 1 mL of samples | Micropipet |
| Single precise calibration mark etched in neck | Volumetric flask |
| Tall round vessel with calibrations | Graduated cylinder |
| Non-breakable non-porous plastic | Nalgene polypropylene |
| Vessel with triangular shape used to mix solutions | Erlenmeyer flask |
| Pipet that must be rinsed 3 times in delivering solution | "TC" |
| Non-rinsed pipet | "TD" |
| Pipet with continuous or etched rings on top | Blow-out |
| Self drain | No rings on top |
| Ostwald-Folin | Bulb on bottom and rings on top |
| Soda lime glass | Not heat, alkaline nor acid resistant |
| Borosilicate | Heat resistant |
| Pyrex | Heat resistant |
| Calibrated for one specific volume | Volumetric pipet |
| Viscous samples | Ostwald-Folin pipet |
| Pipet with calibration marks to the tip | Serological |
| Pipet calibrated between two marks on the stem | Mohr |