Lab Table

What is a Lab Table?

The Lab Table is a special Chemistry tool in Minecraft Education Edition and Bedrock Edition with Education features enabled. It allows players to combine elements and compounds to create unique Chemistry-based items, such as Balloons, Glow Sticks, Heat Blocks, and more.

Unlike a Crafting Table, the Lab Table is designed for chemistry experiments and does not function in normal Survival Mode unless Education features are enabled.

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Where Can the Lab Table Be Found?

The Lab Table does not generate naturally and must be obtained through commands or the Creative inventory when Education features are enabled. To get one, players can use the command:

/give @p lab_table  

It can also be found in the Creative Mode inventory under the Education Edition tools section.

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What Can Players Do with a Lab Table?

The Lab Table allows players to combine elements and compounds to create new items, making it useful for:

• Creating Chemistry-based materials, such as Glow Sticks, Balloons, Hardened Glass, and Bleach.
• Learning about real-world chemical reactions, as each recipe is based on actual scientific principles.
• Designing custom science-based mini-games, where players experiment with elements to discover new compounds.
• Teaching chemistry in classrooms, as the Lab Table allows students to mix chemicals and observe results in a fun, interactive way.

For example, placing Hydrogen Peroxide (H₂O₂) and Luminol (C₈H₇N₃O₂) into the Lab Table creates a Glow Stick, demonstrating chemiluminescence—a real-world chemical reaction.

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The History of the Lab Table in Minecraft

The Lab Table was introduced in Minecraft Education Edition’s Chemistry Update, adding interactive science tools to the game. Unlike crafting tables, the Lab Table was designed specifically for educational purposes, helping students explore chemical properties and reactions through experimentation.

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Interesting Fact or Real-Life Connection

The Lab Table in Minecraft functions similarly to real-world laboratory equipment, where scientists mix elements to create new materials and study chemical reactions. In real chemistry labs, compounds are carefully combined to develop medicines, plastics, and energy sources, just as players can mix elements in Minecraft to create special Chemistry-based items.

For more details on Minecraft Chemistry, crafting chemical items, and educational gameplay, visit the Rusty Ingot knowledge base.