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  2. Bunsen burner - Wikipedia

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    A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a kind of ambient air gas burner used as laboratory equipment; it produces a single open gas flame, ...

  3. Luminous flame - Wikipedia

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    A variety of Bunsen burner flames. Bunsen burners may be adjusted from a highly luminous flame (left) to a hotter 'roaring blue flame' (right) One of the most familiar instances of a luminous flame is produced by a Bunsen burner. This burner has a controllable air supply and a constant gas jet: when the air supply is reduced, a highly luminous ...

  4. Dragon Boy (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Montague Bunsen-Burner is a dragon who is put on a 'no-humans' diet by his wife Albertina. Out on a flight later that day, Montague discovers an orphan boy, John, and takes the boy home with him. John proves his worth as a member of the family when he teaches the dragon couple how to properly season their food to improve the flavour.

  5. Activation energy - Wikipedia

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    The sparks created by striking steel against a piece of flint provide the activation energy to initiate combustion in this Bunsen burner.The blue flame sustains itself after the sparks stop because the continued combustion of the flame is now energetically favorable.

  6. Gas lighting - Wikipedia

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    The fishtail burner was similar to the flat burner, but it produced a brighter flame and conducted less heat. The last burner that was experimented with was the Welsbach burner. Around this time the Bunsen burner was in use along with some forms of electricity. The Welsbach was based on the idea of the Bunsen burner, still using gas.

  7. Robert Bunsen - Wikipedia

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    For this work, Bunsen and his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, had perfected a special gas burner by 1855, which was influenced by earlier models. The newer design of Bunsen and Desaga, which provided a very hot and clean flame, is now called simply the "Bunsen burner", a common laboratory equipment. [16] [17]

  8. Teclu burner - Wikipedia

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    The Teclu burner vs. the Amal burner: The Amal burner is a burner created by the modification of the Bunsen and Teclu burner. The Amal burner was marketed by Messrs. Amal Ltd., of Birmingham. In this burner, a needle valve is inserted in the orifice of the jet to sensitively control the gas flow into the burner by an external screw.

  9. Gas burner - Wikipedia

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    Propane burner with a Bunsen flame Oxy-Acetylene for cutting through steel rails Flame of a gas and oil, in a dual burner. A gas burner is a device that produces a non-controlled flame by mixing a fuel gas such as acetylene, natural gas, or propane with an oxidizer such as the ambient air or supplied oxygen, and allowing for ignition and ...