bunsen

/ˈbʌnsən/

noun 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

heated, little, test-tubes

VERB + BUNSEN

flame

BUNSEN + NOUN

burner, lamps

PREP.

with, with

name

A German surname.

noun

Ellipsis of Bunsen burner.

A turner (a pitch on which the ball turns easily).

noun — a gas burner used in laboratories

Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames.

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A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.

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Potassium, heated with a Bunsen burner, turns the flame purple.

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Potassium, heated with a Bunsen burner, gives the flame a lilac color.

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Calcium, heated with a Bunsen burner, turns the flame orange-red.

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