Stainless Steel Crucible Tongs

Product Code : SCL-CL-12011

Stainless Steel Crucible Tongs (SKU SCL-CL-12011) are scissor-type tongs for gripping, lifting and moving hot crucibles, evaporating dishes and other small high-temperature vessels. Made from grade 304 stainless steel, 200 mm long with curved serrated jaws, they keep hands away from the flame or furnace during ignition, calcination and gravimetric work. Chemistry teachers, students and lab technicians use them in school and college labs. Science Lab Supplies delivers them from Ambala, India to schools, colleges, institutes, tender contractors and distributors.

Specifications

The tongs are formed from grade 304 stainless steel with a riveted scissor joint that keeps the jaws aligned. Curved, corrugated jaws match the outer radius of a crucible for a non-slip hold, wide finger loops allow use with heat-resistant gloves, and the listed working limit is up to 500 °C.

Applications and Experiments for Stainless Steel Crucible Tongs

These tongs move hot crucibles and dishes safely between burner, furnace, cooling mat and desiccator. They are a basic safety tool for any practical that heats solids strongly, which makes them standard school chemistry lab equipment in India and a routine item in college analysis labs.

• Class 11 chemistry: heating substances in a crucible and weighing before and after.
• B.Sc. chemistry: gravimetric analysis, ignition to constant weight and ash determination.
• School science: holding hot evaporating dishes during crystallisation over a burner.
• Metallurgy and materials labs: handling small hot samples from a muffle furnace.

Grip the crucible at the rim and move it steadily. Warm the tips before touching a very hot porcelain crucible, and do not quench red-hot tongs in cold water, as thermal shock weakens the steel.

Standard Scope of Supply

One pack contains two Stainless Steel Crucible Tongs and a high-temperature safety handling and maintenance guide. Crucibles, pipe-clay triangles and heat-resistant gloves are separate items and can be added to the quotation.

Packing, MOQ and Lead Time

You can ask for a single pack or enough for every bench in a chemistry lab. Each quotation shows packing, delivery time and price for that quantity, and porcelain crucibles, dishes or other chemistry lab equipment in India can be listed with the tongs.

Backed by an Importer-Exporter Code, Science Lab Supplies is a registered exporter that is able to ship to buyers in Iraq, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Use the lab tender page for tender purchases, or ask through the contact page or enquiry cart.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are these tongs made of?
Grade 304 stainless steel, which resists rust, oxidation and chemical splashes and keeps its strength at the listed working temperature of up to 500 °C.

Can the tongs be autoclaved?
Yes. The all-metal stainless steel design allows repeated autoclave cycles at 121 °C, as well as washing with detergent and rinsing in distilled water.

From whom can I buy these crucible tongs?
They are available from Science Lab Supplies, which supplies them out of Ambala, India for schools, colleges and tender buyers.

Can I lift a large beaker with them?
No. The curved jaws are shaped for small, tapered vessels such as crucibles. For large straight-walled glassware, use dedicated beaker tongs instead.

Related Crucible and Heating Items

Tongs are used with the crucible, the triangle it sits in over the flame and the dish used for evaporation. The four items below make up a complete ignition and evaporation set for a chemistry bench and can be quoted together with the tongs.

• Crucible Tongs — metal scissor tongs with a 4 cm jaw opening.
• Croojiola (Pot) Porcelain — low-form 30 ml porcelain crucible with lid.
• Triangles for Placing Pots — porcelain support for crucibles over an open flame.
• Porcelain Dish — 150 ml evaporating dish with pouring spout.

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Last updated: 25 September 2026