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GUIDE TO USING A

BUNSEN BURNER By Gaby Carty 7B (Runs by its self!)

DIFFERENT PARTS

Rubber TubeBench MatCollarAir HoleBarrelBase

Wire experimentCoolest partHottest partMedium partTHE 8 Steps to lighting a Bunsen burner1. Put on safety glasses, get equipment out and make sure that theres no paper, text books etc lying around

2.Check for any holes, cracks, splits etc

3. Get your heatproof bench mat out

4. Connect rubber tube to gas outlet

5. Close air hole

6. Hold lighted match over the mouth of the Barrel

7. Turn on gas

8. Open air hole to temperature needed (More open-hotter flame) HistoryThe Bunsen burner was invented by two germen chemists called Robert W Bunsen and Christian Schonbien.

Even though its named after Robert W Bunsen, it was actually just an improvement of the design that his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga in 1855, made on a previous design produced by Michael Faraday.WARNING!Unless working directly with the Bunsen burner have the safety flame on so others or your self dont get burnt! Only once your ready for your experiment you open the air holes.

And rememberSafety flame = closed air hole = orange and red colour = cooler flame Hot flame = open air hole = clear and blue = hotter flame= hotter flame Packing awayTurn off gas

Let it cool down

Take rubber tube off gas outlet

Pack away exactly where you found itBIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.rhymezone.comhttp://images.google.com.au/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=Bunsen+burnerhttp://www.wisegeek.com/Bunsen Burner7B 2008 PowerPoints