What is Bunsen burner?
A '''Bunsen burner''' is a common piece of [[laboratory]] [[:wikt:equipment|equipment]]. It is commonly used for [[heating]] [[chemistry|chemical]] substances, [[sterilization]], and [[combustion]]. It works by burning [[wikt:flammable|flammable]] [[gas]]. It is named after [[Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], a [[Germany|German]] [[chemist]]. He made important improvements on an earlier burner invented by [[Michael Faraday]]. The Bunsen burner can be adjusted to make a flame that is very hot without making much light. This allows seeing the different colors that various chemicals make when they are sprinkled into the flame. {{LaboratoryEquipment}} [[Category:Laboratory equipment]]