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Lesson 6. The bunsen burner. By the end of the lesson ALL students should be able to: Decide how to light a bunsen burner. By the end of the lesson MOST students should be able to: Select the correct burner settings. By the end of the lesson SOME students should be able to:
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Lesson 6 The bunsen burner
By the end of the lessonALLstudents should be able to: • Decide how to light a bunsen burner • By the end of the lesson MOST students should be able to: • Select the correct burner settings • By the end of the lesson SOME students should be able to: • Plan how to work safely with a flame Year 10
ROBERT BUNSEN • Robert Bunsen's 200th Birthday was celebrated on • March 31st 2011. • Robert Bunsen developed the Bunsen burner and has been placed as a Google Doodle. March 31 is also observed as Bunsen Burner Day. • Mr. Bunsen also discovered caesium and rubidium with Gustav Kirchhoff. He was one of the most successful chemists in Germany during the 1800s. • With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use. • A bunsen burner produces a single open gas flame, which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.
Flame (Outer Cone) Using a Bunsen Burner Flame (Inner Cone) Chimney Air Hole Heat Proof Mat Base Rubber tubing