What is the difference between apparatus and materials?

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anonymous · Answer

Materials are anything consumed in the experiment; water or salt for example. 
Apparatus would be such items as beakers and thermometers; things that are not consumed; things that you would expect to find in a lab as standard equipment........ from wiki answers .com btw

anonymous · Answer

The apparatus is a combination of materials. The apparatus is a collection of items like the attached picture. Materials are the individual things in that apparatus. One single beaker is a material while all the items combined to serve one purpose is the apparatus. Materials could also refer to the substances your putting in the apparatus.