Bunsen burner

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A Bunsen burner
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A Bunsen burner

A Bunsen burner is a common piece of laboratory equipment. It is commonly used for heating chemical substances, sterilization, and combustion. It is named after Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. Bunsen was a German chemist. Bunsen did not invent the burner, he simply made it better. Originally Michael Faraday developed the Bunsen burner.

The term Bunsen burner or bunse is also used in Cockney rhyming slang as a term for money. This is because bunsen burner rhymes with 'nice little earner'.

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