Bunsen burnernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʌn.sən ˌbɜː.nər/us/ˈbʌn.sən ˌbɝː.nɚ/a small device that burns gas to produce a flame, used to heat things in scientific work and experiments
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Laboratory equipment
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- burette
- calorimeter
- collecting flask
- condenser
- conical flask
- crucible
- evaporating dish
- flame test
- flask
- graduated cylinder
- hydrometer
- litmus paper
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- retort stand
- siphon
- transducer
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Examples from literature
- Add the rest of the silver chloride and heat slowly over a Bunsen burner until it begins to fuse.
- Heat gently over a Bunsen burner, cool, and weigh.
- It is heated by one or two Bunsen burners, according to the temperature desired.— Jour.
- The tube is dried by aspirating air through it, and gently warming with a Bunsen burner.
- When it is dry, the cup is heated on a pipe-clay triangle over a Bunsen burner, or on a slab of asbestos in a muffle, to a dull-red heat.