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General Laboratory Techniques

Bunsen Burner Flame Control and Safety

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The Bunsen burner is a common lab tool used to make a hot, sootless, non-luminous flame. It was named after and co-designed by Robert Bunsen in 1854. In school science labs, it gives students a steady source of heat for careful work.

A Bunsen burner works by controlling how gas and oxygen mix in ...

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A Bunsen burner is a laboratory instrument that can be used to provide a single, continuous flame by mixing gas with air in a controlled fashion. The ratio of gas to air that is mixed together can be manually adjusted, allowing the user to control the intensity, temperature, and size of the flame. The flame can then be used t...

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