A company claims to have developed a new Bunsen burner called
"SUPERBURN". They claim it can heat water in a glass beaker to 60
degrees Celsius faster than any other known Bunsen burner.
You are given 3 other Bunsen burners A, B, and C and "SUPERBURN”.
Describe in detail how you can carry out an investigation to test the
claim made by the company. Make sure that you state your
variables, including the control variables.
Answers
Answer:
A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a kind of gas burner used as laboratory equipment; it produces a single open gas flame, and is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.[1][2][3][4][5]
Bunsen burner
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A Bunsen burner with needle valve. The hose barb for the gas tube is on the left and the needle valve for gas flow adjustment is on the opposite side. The air inlet on this particular model is adjusted by rotating the barrel, thus opening or closing the vertical baffles at the base.
Uses
Heating
Sterilization
Combustion
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The gas can be natural gas (which is mainly methane) or a liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane, butane, or a mixture. Combustion temperature achieved depends in part on the adiabatic flame temperature of the chosen fuel