Bunsen burner

Example Sentences

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Throw on a lab coat, spark a Bunsen burner, and stay close to the eyewash station, but hopefully it won’t come to that.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

With India coach Rahul Dravid saying the pitch "may turn" - possibly code for it being a raging Bunsen burner - England have gone for the latter.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

Occasionally, they barter or resell groceries for prized items such as a Bunsen burner, which they use to cook dishes such as vegetable soup over rice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2022

The heat given off when you operate a Bunsen burner is equal to the enthalpy change of the methane combustion reaction that takes place, since it occurs at the essentially constant pressure of the atmosphere.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Once she’d sterilized the cubicle, she lit a Bunsen burner and used its flame to sterilize test tubes and a used scalpel blade, since the Gey lab couldn’t afford new ones for each sample.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot