A blue Bunsen burner flame is not necessarily "better". A yellow Bunsen burner flame just shows that it is on, but is usually too big to actually be able to heat something safely. Blue means the flame is smaller (though hotter), and is used to heat.
Tongs I think
Decide which flame to use. If the air hole on the Bunsen is open you will get a roaring flame a more gentle heat, close the air hole a Little flame will be quiet.
The yellow flame is considered a safe flame. If you are using the Bunsen to heat you would open the air vent so the flame turns blue, try heat on a yellow flame and it'll end up covered in soot.
It is not advisable to heat ethanol with a Bunsen flame because of the low boiling point and its volatile nature. Ethanol is also flammable, and therefore it is best to heat ethanol on a heat plate or steam condenser.
A blue Bunsen burner flame is not necessarily "better". A yellow Bunsen burner flame just shows that it is on, but is usually too big to actually be able to heat something safely. Blue means the flame is smaller (though hotter), and is used to heat.
Tongs I think
Decide which flame to use. If the air hole on the Bunsen is open you will get a roaring flame a more gentle heat, close the air hole a Little flame will be quiet.
The yellow flame is considered a safe flame. If you are using the Bunsen to heat you would open the air vent so the flame turns blue, try heat on a yellow flame and it'll end up covered in soot.
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It is not advisable to heat ethanol with a Bunsen flame because of the low boiling point and its volatile nature. Ethanol is also flammable, and therefore it is best to heat ethanol on a heat plate or steam condenser.
The bunsen burner is used to heat items for experiments using a controllable temperature flame and surface area at which the heat is applied to the vessel.
The role of Bunsen burner is to heat; some metallic ions have specific colors in the flame.
A Bunsen burner produces heat and creates a heat source when doing an experiment. It uses methane and there is two flames a safety flame-you can put your hand through it without burning your hand and a roaring flame-this flame is blue and it is what you use when you preform an experiment.
A Bunsen Burner is a controlled gas-burning heat source (a "gas candle") that supplies direct heat or flame for scientific experiments and research. (The flame can be blocked by screens to reduce the deposition of soot on test tubes and beakers.)
The silent flame on the Bunsen burner is the yellow/orange flame.
a Bunsen burner flame can be 20* to 2000*