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Compound Interest: Today in Chemistry History: Robert Bunsen and the Bunsen burner (2024)

Related Topics: Robert Bunsen, Peter Desaga

The Bunsen burner is one of the ubiquitous symbols of chemistry. Though it might be a rarer sight in university laboratories these days, due to some of the highly flammable substances used, they’re still very commonly found in school scienceclassrooms, and for most of us probably bring back memories of school science lessons. As today is Bunsen Burner Day, this graphic takes a quick look at the burner’s anatomy, andwe’ll discuss its history in a little more detail below.

Note: this is an updated version of a post previously published in 2016.

Firstly, a word on the choice of date for Bunsen Burner Day.