How to Safely and Effectively use
a Bunsen Burner
This slide will tell you how to use a
Bunsen Burner safely and effectively.
What YOU Will NEED!
•
•
•
•
•
•
A list of the things you will need:
1 Bunsen Burner!
1 Board to sit the Bunsen Burner on!
1 Pair of Goggles!
1 Box of matches to share with everyone!
1 Gas outlet!
Always wear safety
glasses near a
Bunsen Burner
Make sure
the air hole is
closed so
there is no air
going through
to make a
blue flame it
needs to be a
yelloworange flame.
Make sure you
always have a board
under the Bunsen
Burner. Because you
do not want the
Bunsen Burner to
wreck the place.
Safety First.
Always tie long
When you have lit the Bunsen
hair back.
Burner make sure you blow
the match out some place
else not near the Bunsen
Burner because you could
burn yourself or someone
else!
Roll up sleeves
when you are near
a Bunsen Burner so
then you don’t get
burnt or catch on
fire.
Keep Acetone
away when
you light a
Bunsen Burner
Check the rubber
hose before you turn
the gas on.
Setting the Bunsen Burner Up!
Make sure you always screw the rubber tube on tightly to
the gas supporter but don’t turn the gas on.
What the Flames look like!
The colour of the
flame when the
air hole is closed is
a yellow – orange
flame.
The colour of
the flame
when the air
hole is open
is a blue
flame.
Diagram’s of the Bunsen Burner!
Putting the Bunsen Burner Away!
• This will explain how to put a Bunsen Burner
away:
• Turn the gas off and un-hook the rubber tube
from the gas outlet.
• After you have done that you put the board
and the Bunsen Burner back were you got it
from for the next class that is going to use it.
Thank you for watching my slide!
• I hope it taught you things you need to know.
• By Rachelle. Rosenbrand 7B Science Class!