member between the first and second ends in contact with the material to be melted a method for melting the material is also provided application_number US 58119609 A description the present embodiments provide for improved heat transfer with respect to the products to be melted the embodiments of fig1 6 find use for example in reverberatory furnaces for aluminum and or copper melting the burner embodiments are disposed such that a substantial portion of such embodiments are submerged in the molten or semi molten metal while products of combustion of the burner embodiments are exhausted so as not to contact the melt referring to fig1 5 a melting furnace shown generally at 10 includes a side wall 12 constructed to provide a combustion chamber 14 therein in which a material to be melted is disposed which will be brought to a molten consistency as shown generally at 16 as a molten or semi molten bath or melt the oxy fuel burner or burner 18 is constructed in a tubular shape having for example a circular cross section with an inlet shown generally at 22 and an outlet or exhaust shown generally at 24 an oxygen feed 26 and a fuel feed 28 are connected to a burner portion 30 for providing a combustion flame 32 at an interior 34 of the burner tube 18 the interior 34 of the burner tube 18 is hollow wherein the combustion.