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It depends what you want to do! A blue flame is typically much hotter than a yellow flame. Sometimes you want to heat something very hot, and sometimes you want to heat something gently... and so you can choose which part of the flame best suits the purpose!

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Which flame do you use to heat water with a Bunsen burner?

For heating water with a Bunsen burner, you would use a blue flame. This is the hottest part of the Bunsen burner flame and provides the most efficient heat transfer to the water.


What is the function of the barrel of the Bunsen burner?

Control of the ratio gas fuel/air in the burner.


What would the Bunsen burner heat on normal flame?

This is a bit like asking what a stove heats in a kitchen. Stoves heat food. Bunsen burners heat chemicals. Chemists have many different chemicals that they sometimes need to heat for various reasons.


The uses of Bunsen burner?

To heat chemicals or substances in science lab for experiment. There is an air hole in the Bunsen burner where you can screw loose to have open air hole that is the blue flame which is hotter. When there is a close air hole then the flame would be orange in color which is not as hot compared to the blue flame.


Does the Bunsen burner absorb energy as heat?

The Bunsen burner release energy as heat of combustion.


How is a Bunsen burner used to identify a substance?

The role of Bunsen burner is to heat; some metallic ions have specific colors in the flame.


What is a Bunsen burner and what is its function?

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.


How does heat flow from the flame of the Bunsen burner to the conical flasks?

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What flame is used in the Bunsen burner to heat things?

The Bunsen burner uses a blue flame, which is produced when air and gas mix in the burner tube and are ignited. This blue flame is hotter than a yellow flame and is commonly used for heating in laboratories.


Why can't you heat an object with the safety flame on a Bunsen burner?

The safety flame on a Bunsen burner is a low, cool flame that helps prevent accidental ignition of flammable materials. It does not produce enough heat to effectively heat an object. To heat an object, the Bunsen burner must be adjusted to produce a hotter, blue flame by increasing the airflow.


What is the name of the yellow flame on a Bunsen burner?

The yellow flame on a Bunsen burner is called a "safety flame" or a "luminous flame." This flame is typically used when a lower temperature is required since it produces less heat than a blue flame.


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