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Bunsen burner
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<p>A Bunsen burner, named after <a href="/facts/Robert_Bunsen/HYqSh9tH">Robert Bunsen</a>, is a kind of ambient air <a href="/facts/Gas_burner/Q4BpEuFU">gas burner</a> used as <a href="/facts/Laboratory_equipment/ExprhaRV">laboratory equipment</a>; it produces a single open gas <a href="/facts/Flame/ucMuoqa2">flame</a>, and is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. </p><p>The gas can be <a href="/facts/Natural_gas/9MYQ7NAP">natural gas</a> (which is mainly <a href="/facts/Methane/kBHneYnh">methane</a>) or a <a href="/facts/Liquefied_petroleum_gas/bw6trakm">liquefied petroleum gas</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Propane/E0b23KGh">propane</a>, <a href="/facts/Butane/InIHpYlY">butane</a>, a mixture or, as Bunsen himself used, <a href="/facts/Coal_gas/ekdg4VuE">coal gas</a>. Combustion temperature achieved depends in part on the <a href="/facts/Adiabatic_flame_temperature/l2UX9seo">adiabatic flame temperature</a> of the chosen fuel mixture. </p>