For the demonstration in the video below, [F-J] dangled a steel ball from a chain into a Bunsen burner flame and dunked it into 150 ml of room-temperature water. After a nice long toasting ...

Surface sterilization with portable Bunsen burners is a common procedure in many laboratories to prevent bacterial, fungal or viral contamination. It is especially convenient for sterilising ...

But the dangers of working with alcohol burners, ordinary gas cookers or standard Bunsen burners connected to the house gas system should not be underestimated. Hence, it is not surprising that ...