Laboratory equipment refers to the various tools and equipment used by scientists working in a laboratory:
The classical equipment includes tools such as Bunsen burners and microscopes as well as specialty equipment such as operant conditioning chambers, spectrophotometers and calorimeters.
Chemical laboratories
laboratory glassware such as the beaker or reagent bottle
Analytical devices as HPLC or spectrophotometers
Molecular biology laboratories + Life science laboratories
Autoclave
Microscope
Centrifuges
Shakers & mixers
Pipette
Thermal cyclers (PCR)
Photometer
Refrigerators and Freezers
Universal testing machine
ULT Freezers
Incubators
Bioreactor
Biological safety cabinets
Sequencing instruments
Fume hoods
Environmental chamber
Humidifier
Weighing scale
Reagents (supply)
Pipettes tips (supply)
Polymer (supply) consumables for small volumes (µL and mL scale), mainly sterile
Laboratory equipment is generally used to either perform an experiment or to take measurements and gather data. Larger or more sophisticated equipment is generally called a scientific instrument.