Bunsen burners

Chemistry class heaters

Bunsen burners is the plural of Bunsen burner, a small gas burner used in laboratories.

A vertical tube mixes gas with air to produce a hot, clean flame adjustable from yellow and luminous to blue and nearly invisible.

Named for German chemist Robert Bunsen.

We heated the test tubes over Bunsen burners.

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